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- GLC#
- GLC03107.00479-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1699/02/22
- Author/Creator
- Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701
- Title
- to Robert Livingston re: arrest of Capt. Kidd
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 21.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- The Thirteen Colonies
Riggs informs Livingston that a ship has come for Capt. Kidd and the other pirates, and expresses concern that this may cause them to lose some money. Also states that a Mr. We[iver] has been impeached before the House of Commons, and speaks of a naval conflict between France and Spain.
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