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Livingston, Phillip Resolution of the Justices of Albany

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00893 Author/Creator: Livingston, Phillip Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1711/12/27 Pagination: 1p. + docket 32.4 x 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Resolution states that all inhabitants of Albany are required to break up the snow on any roads or paths leading in and out of city. Document is "A True Copy."

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