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Livingston, Peter Van Brugh to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: state of trade and markets

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02840 Author/Creator: Livingston, Peter Van Brugh Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1752/02/26 Pagination: 2p. 30.1 x 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Peter gives an account of the state of different markets in the West Indies and elsewhere, and how rum and flour seem to be selling. Docketed on verso.

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