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Livingston, Robert Cambridge to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: difficulty selling pig iron

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03164 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Cambridge Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1768/06/04 Pagination: 2p. + addr. 31.8 x 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Robert Cambridge supports his father's endeavor to procure bonds for the numerous small debts due to him, and believes that it will help him to save a good deal of money. He also states that pig iron is selling very slowly, and suggests working out a contract with some iron works in Boston. Docketed on address leaf.

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