Vetch, Samuel to Robert Livingston re: travel to Boston
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00995 Author/Creator: Vetch, Samuel Place Written: Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1713/01/25 Pagination: 1p. + addr. + dock 23.1 x 18.2 cm Order a Copy
Vetch expresses his hope that Jo[h]anna Livingston will remain in Boston until his wife Margaret is ready to travel there in the spring. He also mentions that he anxiously awaits news from abroad, as there is "a mighty ferment in the nation still about peace and warr."
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