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Unknown to [Robert Livingston Jr.] re: shipment of provisions

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02514 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Manor of Livingston, New York Type: Letter Date: 1734/03/09 Pagination: 2p. 31 x 19.3 cm Order a Copy

The letter notes that a fat calf, a hog, eggs, and other provisions have been sent; and discusses the trade of flour and cloth. P.2 contains a list of "Persons from hoe I Exspect Wheat," 1733.

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