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Livingston, Robert "Invoyce of Two Trunks and a Box of merchandise ship'd . . .

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00741 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Place Written: London, England Type: Manuscript document Date: 1705/04/20 Pagination: 12p. 38.2 x 15.4 cm Order a Copy

. . . on board of the ship the Genua Gally Captain John Cumby Commander bound for New York." Pages 1-7 contain two invoices for various articles of clothing and fabrics. Pages 8 -11 are a copy of GLC 3107.01.00740. Docketed on the verso of p.7 and p.11.

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