Walter & Robert Cambridge Livingston to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: trade of Robert, Jr.'s provisions
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03122 Author/Creator: Walter & Robert Cambridge Livingston Place Written: New York, New York Type: Letter Date: 1767/05/30 Pagination: 3p. + docket 32.7 x 20.7 cm Order a Copy
Walter and Robert Cambridge inform their father of the prices they have received for trading his goods, and express relief that "those troublesome Banditti, who have pestered you for this longtime past are become tired of their own folly." With a letter from Robert Cambridge Livingston on p.3. Robert Cambridge explains that he is absolutely desititute, and implores his father to find him some means of subsistence, however "desperate" it may be.
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