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Vetch, Samuel to Robert Livingston re: request that Livingston send goods with his son

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00461 Author/Creator: Vetch, Samuel Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1699/09/11 Pagination: 1 p. 18.5 x 13 cm Order a Copy

Vetch requests that Livingston send his son down to him as soon as possible, and to send with him half a dozen beaver and bear skins.

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