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Lockhart, George (fl. 1688) Account of Robert Livingston

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00156 Author/Creator: Lockhart, George (fl. 1688) Place Written: Schenectady, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1688/05/24 Pagination: 3p. + docket 32.8 x 21 cm Order a Copy

Receipt for the personal belongings of eighteen men, which were sold to Livingston. Items include horses, carbines, calico stockings, and hats. P.3 contains a statement signed by 19 men ordering that Livingston pay the balance of his account with them. The men seem to be troops stationed at Schenectady. Also includes a note signed by George Lockhart attesting to the truth of previous statement. It is dated 1 June 1688.

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