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1684/03/06

Caspers, Jacob, fl. 1683-1684

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Livingston has paid Caspers the sum of 72 guilder "for the fraight off a thousand sticks of wood."

GLC03107.00098

1683/03/06

Caspers, Jacob, fl. 1683-1684

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt of payment from Robert Livingston

The boat men Jacob Caspers and John Andrese Don acknowledge receipt of six beavers from Robert Livingston for the transport of the six Mohawk Sachems to and from New York for a meeting with the Governor.

GLC03107.01924

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