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Van Ross, Gerret Account sheet re: transactions between Livingston and van Ross

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00392 Author/Creator: Van Ross, Gerret Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1698/03/01 Pagination: 1p. + docket 7 x 16.2 cm Order a Copy

Record of financial transactions in 1677 and 1678 with van Ross, including the sale of animal skins.

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