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Livingston, Crawfurd to Johnston Livingston re: lamentation of his wretched condition

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04132 Author/Creator: Livingston, Crawfurd Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1838/09/11 Pagination: 3p. + addr. 25.4 x 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Crawfurd writes that the coldness of Johnston's last letter wounded him greatly, and states that he feels so wretched that he must unburden himself in his letters to Johnston, even at the risk of disgusting his reader.

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