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- GLC#
- GLC03107.02595-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1740/05/16
- Author/Creator
- Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749
- Title
- to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: war with Spain
- Place Written
- Livingston Manor, New York
- Pagination
- 2p. : address : Height: 33.2 cm, Width: 21.1 cm
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- The Thirteen Colonies
Philip writes that the English are fairing poorly in their confrontation with Spain. He notes that Robert's cousin Johnie is interested in putting together a company of men so that he can get a Captain's commission, which may give him the opportunity to travel to Cuba. The remainderof the letter is concerned with trade. Docketed on address leaf.
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