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Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749 to Robert Livingston re: request for an enslaved woman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01139 Author/Creator: Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1717/05/03 Pagination: 1p. + addr. + dock 31 x 19.6 cm Order a Copy

One letter addressed to Robert Livingston from Philip Livingston dated May 3, 1717. Relays that ships from Africa carry enslaved people will be arriving. Requests his father to purchase an enslaved woman.

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