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Livingston, Peter Van Brugh to Robert and Alida Livingston re: [in Latin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01539 Author/Creator: Livingston, Peter Van Brugh Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1723/01/01 Pagination: 1p. + addr.+docket 23.2 x 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Philip Livingston's son, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, sends his grandparents a letter in Latin, and signs it "Petrus V.B. Livingstonus." Docketed on address leaf.

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