Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 re: overture to neighboring Indian tribe

GLC03107.00605

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GLC#
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Type
Documents
Date
1701/02/22
Author/Creator
Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
Title
re: overture to neighboring Indian tribe
Place Written
Albany, New York
Pagination
3 p. : docket : Height: 30.8 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

Livingston writes suggesting a peace offering: "It may honor our condition if they are inclined to press such the matter we shall be very willing to serve you with all the fidelity imaginable, this may lay the foundation of such a trust and correspondence which may be advantageous to both parties" and that it would not do to allow the French to know of the business conducted.

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