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Relations of Robert Livingston to Robert Livingston re: request for Livingston's presence in Albany

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00877 Author/Creator: Relations of Robert Livingston Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Letter signed Date: 1711/04/28 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 30.6 x 19.3 cm Order a Copy

Livingston's relations, (John Schuyler, John Collins, Phillip van Corlandt, Geertrayd van Cortlandt, and Phillip Schuyler), request that he travel to Albany in order to help them settle accounts and finish the sale of a plantation. Docketed on address leaf.

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