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Van Horne, Cornelius to Robert Livingston re: sale of provisions

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01557 Author/Creator: Van Horne, Cornelius Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 March 1723 Pagination: 2p. + addr.+docket 34.9 x 23.8 cm Order a Copy

Van Horne informs Livingston of how provisions are selling, and also writes of the deaths of William Provoost's wife and Captain Theobald. Docketed on address leaf.

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