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Livingston, Robert Mortgage of Col. Dongan

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00349 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: [1696/11/29] Pagination: 1 p. + docket 19.5 x 31.1 cm Order a Copy

Record of the mortgage of £2172 that Col. Dongan took out from Livingston. Also involves Jacob Harwood and Richard Meriwether.

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