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- GLC#
- GLC03107.02602-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1740/09/05
- Author/Creator
- Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749
- Title
- to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: death in the family
- Place Written
- Albany, New York
- Pagination
- 3p. : address : Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- The Thirteen Colonies
Philip sends his condolences for the death of Robert, Jr.'s cousin Johnie; and devotes most of the letter to describing trading plans and instructions. He also notes that a French war seem inevitable, and encourages Robert, Jr. and his brother Philip to assist him in erecting an iron works, which will give them some financial security during troubling times.
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