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- GLC#
- GLC03107.03377-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1778/08/20
- Author/Creator
- Livingston, Henry, 1753-1823
- Title
- to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: apology for not visiting his father
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 3p. : address : Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Henry apologizes for not paying his father a visit, but explains that he has been awaiting the outcome of a business venture that should make him an "independent fortune." He adds that if this plan fulfills itself, he will desire to purchase all of his father's flour at the highest market value. A portion of the address leaf is missing due to damage. Docketed on address leaf.
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