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Storke & Gainsborough to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: trading concerns

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02576 Author/Creator: Storke & Gainsborough Place Written: London, [England] Type: Letter signed Date: 1738/08/18 Pagination: 2p. + addr. 23 x 18.7 cm Order a Copy

The letter begins with an account of the silver sold from the Oswego. Storke and Gainsborough inform Livingston of their difficulty in obtaining a remittance from Gibralter, and note a correction they had to make on the invoice of the Oweego, which they have debited to Livingston's account. They also state that the situation with Spain remains uncertain. Docketed on address leaf.

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