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Livingston, Robert Account of the Excise at Albany

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00335 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 25 March - 17 September 1696 Pagination: 6 p. + docket 30 x 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Covers the period of 25 March 1696 to 17 September 1696. Records excises, the rum and wine expended in households, and Livingston's debts and credits as tax collector.

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