Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701 to Robert Livingston re: Lord Cornbury's impending arrival in New York

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GLC#
GLC03107.00651-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1701/11/22
Author/Creator
Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701
Title
to Robert Livingston re: Lord Cornbury's impending arrival in New York
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
2 p. : address : Height: 30.2 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
The Thirteen Colonies

Riggs begins with a claim that he "hartylie wish[es] our garrisons weare in as good order as you saye our nebors are," and then discusses the upcoming arrival of newly-appointed Governor Edward Hyde Lord Cornbury. He also sends word of life at the Court of St. James, and of Coll. Ingoldsby's being in favor with Lord Cornbury and thus returning to New York after an absence the length of the Bellomont administration. Docketed on address leaf.

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