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Trumbull, Jon to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: gratitude for offers of assistance

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03347 Author/Creator: Trumbull, Jon Place Written: Lebanon, [?] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1776/02/05 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 23 x 19 cm Order a Copy

Governor Jon Trumbull thanks Robert, Jr. for offering furnace hearth stones to the government. Docketed on address leaf.

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