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Livingston, Philip to Robert Livingston re: desire to purchase the excise of Albany

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01194 Author/Creator: Livingston, Philip Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1717/10/25 Pagination: 2p. + addr. 30.7 x 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Philip congratulates his father on his receipt of money from the Assembly, asks him for help purchasing the excise of Albany, and asks for news of Margaret Vetch's voyage to London.

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