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Livingston, Robert (1654-1728) Meeting of Peter Schuyler and Commissioners of Indian Affairs.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02141 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert (1654-1728) Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1720/09/03 Pagination: 1p. + docket 20.5 x 16.2 cm Order a Copy

The document proposes to lift the suspension of Hendrik the Mohawk, and to receive him as a Sachem once again. It then notes that Hendrik has requested that rum no longer be sold so freely in the Mohawk's country, as it keeps them from living peaceably.

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
Schuyler, Pieter, 1657-1724

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