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Livingston, Johanna to Robert Livingston re: desire to travel home

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00944 Author/Creator: Livingston, Johanna Place Written: New London, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1712/11/19 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 20.4 x 16.2 cm Order a Copy

Jo[h]anna tells her father that she wishes to return home, but believes it may be too late to travel. She speaks of her sister's [Mary Winthrop Livingston] illness, which is severe and will also impede her plans to return home. Docketed on address leaf.

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