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Livingston, Philip to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: trading concerns

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02592 Author/Creator: Livingston, Philip Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1740/03/03 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 37.7 x 22.9 cm Order a Copy

Philip gives Robert, Jr. some instructions on shipping furs, and discusses the upcoming voyage of the Jamaica Packet to Bristol, which he believes will be safe and successful. Docketed on address leaf.

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