Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701 to Robert Livingston re: Governor Tolvin's voyage to Jamaica

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GLC#
GLC03107.00623-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1701/07/25
Author/Creator
Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701
Title
to Robert Livingston re: Governor Tolvin's voyage to Jamaica
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 p. : address Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
The Thirteen Colonies

Riggs writes of the first ship come to New York after such a long period of inactivity, a ship carrying twenty eight passengers from England and France. He also describes a fleet of twenty-eight ships carrying two thousand men to accompany Governor Tolvin to his new post in Jamaica. Docketed on address leaf.

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