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Livingston, Robert "Robert Livingston's Case with Jacob Harwood"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00313 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Place Written: [London,England] Type: Manuscript document Date: [1695/11] Pagination: 3p. + docket 30 x 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Livingston recalls his past dealings with the Harwood family of merchants (Jacob, and before his father John) from 1685 to 1689, and reiterates his desire for repayment of £2172.

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