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Livingston, Robert Document binding Robert Livingston to William Burnet

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01387 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Place Written: [Manor of Livingston, New York] Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1721/10 Pagination: 1p. + docket 29.8 x 18.3 cm Order a Copy

The document binds Livingston to William Burnet until the sum of Livingston's debt is paid. Docket states that the debt was paid and canceled on 17 May 1722.

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