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Hinman, Andrew (fl. 1722) to Robert Livingston re: offer to sell a piece of land

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01505 Author/Creator: Hinman, Andrew (fl. 1722) Place Written: Weatunek, [?] Type: Letter signed Date: 1722/02/26 Pagination: 1p. + addr.+docket 21 x 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Andrew Hinman and Thomas Knowles describe a piece of land and ask if Livingston would be interested in purchasing it. Below their letter Livingston wrote a response on 3 March 1723 explaining that that land has been in his patent since 1686. Docketed on address leaf.

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