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Livingston, Robert Cambridge to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: hope for a good season with the furnace

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03635 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Cambridge Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1788/05/22 Pagination: 3p. + addr. 23.4 x 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Robert Cambridge writes that although the rainy weather has impeded the blast of Robert, Jr.'s furnace, it will probably prove beneficial in the long run. He also discusses the market value of provisions, and advises Robert, Jr. to send his flour to New York where it will sell at a good price. Docketed on address leaf.

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