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Livingston, Robert (1654-1728) Legal document re: Livingston's financial obligations

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00280 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert (1654-1728) Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Manuscript document Date: 1695/11/06 Pagination: 5 p. 39.8 x 32 cm Order a Copy

Concerns a mortgage that Livingston loaned to Thomas Dongan to finance expeditions against the French and Indians of Canada. The document also serves as a bond to Jacob Harwood and Richard Merriwether. Docketed on recto.

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

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