Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749 to Robert Livingston re: trade restrictions

GLC03107.01360

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GLC#
GLC03107.01360-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1721/02/08
Author/Creator
Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749
Title
to Robert Livingston re: trade restrictions
Place Written
Albany, New York
Pagination
3p. : address : Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 20.8 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

Philip explains that the new trade restrictions have heightened tensions with the French, who have sent an Indian spy down to Albany. He also mentions keeping a continuous correspondence with the Governor in order to "wage war" against his and his father's "enemies," and discusses his son's illness. Docketed on address leaf.

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