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- GLC#
- GLC03107.02795-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1751/05/17
- Author/Creator
- Lindsey, David, fl. 1748
- Title
- to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: arrival from Africa on the Sloop Storke
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1p. : address : Height: 31.2 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- The Thirteen Colonies
Lindsey writes that he has just returned from Africa on Robert, Jr.'s Sloop Storke after a 32 months at sea. He notes that he has declined an offer to continue on another voyage, explaining that he lost 2 sons while he was away, and therefore desires to be with his wife and family for a while. Docketed on address leaf.
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