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Livingston, Robert Jr. Mortgage on land purchased

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.05454 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Jr. Place Written: Manor of Livingston, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1763/09/06 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 41 x 32 Order a Copy

Mortgage on land purchased from Benjamin John (also signed by him)

Lot sold was in "the Oblong or Equivalent Lands surrendered by the Colony of Connecticut to the Colony of New York."

Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715
Livingston, Robert

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