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Livingston, Robert "Invoyce of Three Trunks and Two Bales of Merchandise ship'd . . .

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00740 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Place Written: London, England Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1705/03/31 Pagination: 4 p. + docket 38 x 15 cm Order a Copy

. . . on board of the ship Grayhound Gally Capt. Sam Pain Commander bound for New York." Livingston shipped various articles of clothing, including ribbon, girdles, buttons, feather caps; and different types of fabric such as cotten and druggets.

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