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Livingston, John to Robert Livingston re: shipment of pelts to New York

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00433 Author/Creator: Livingston, John Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1698/05/12 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 30.4 x 19.8 cm Order a Copy

John writes to his father that he had completed the packing of a case of pelts and sends word of his mother's wishes before completing the letter in Dutch. Docketed on address leaf.

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