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Yeomans & Escott to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: sale of Robert, Jr.'s goods

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02616 Author/Creator: Yeomans & Escott Place Written: Charlestown, South Carolina Type: Letter Date: 1741/04/18 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 30.7 x 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Yeomans & Escutt inform Robert, Jr. that they have sold his wine and pipes, and mention that shipping rice would not be profitable at the moment. Marked as a copy. Docketed on address leaf.

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