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Livingston, Robert [Check written out to Robert Fulton].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08280 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: n.d. Pagination: Order a Copy

$500 check from Robert Livingston to Robert Fulton, possibly for steamboat work. Countersigned by Robert Fulton.

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