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Riggs, John to Robert Livingston re: news of Livingston's petition

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00642 Author/Creator: Riggs, John Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1701/10/03 Pagination: 1 p. + addr. 20.7 x 30.2 cm Order a Copy

Riggs writes "Nothing has offered since you Left us, the Judge being Returned, he sayes he has given his opinion for the other side." Docketed on address leaf.

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