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Unknown Account of Robert Livingston Jr.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02518 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Manuscript document Date: 1734-1735 Pagination: 1p. 32.5 x 20.2 cm Order a Copy

The account records transactions from December 1734 to January 1735. Livingston purchased beef, as well as nails and pine board for a ship.

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