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Livingston, Robert "Account of Gov. Fletcher's perquisites for victualling"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00437 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Place Written: [Albany, New York] Type: Manuscript document Date: [1698/06] Pagination: 1p. + docket 31 x 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Livingston and Stephen van Cortlandt discuss their experiences as victuallers under Coll. Sloughter, Coll. Fletcher, and Coll. Ingoldesby; and the amount of money required to complete this task.

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