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- GLC#
- GLC03107.02904-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1755/07/31
- Author/Creator
- Elphinstone, William, fl. 1755
- Title
- to Cousin Robert Livingston, Jr. re: sympathy for illness in the family
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 29.9 cm, Width: 18.9 cm
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- The Thirteen Colonies
William Elphinstone sends his sympathy to Robert, Jr. who suffers the double burden of a sore knee and a very ill son. He also states that he and his wife have grown tired of traveling, and asks Robert, Jr. for his advice on where they should settle down to start a small trading business.
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