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Livingston, William, 1723-1790 to Samuel Hayes

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01150 Author/Creator: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 Place Written: New Town, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 10, 1777 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 33.5 cm, Width: 22.5 cm Order a Copy

Livingston, writing as the president of the New Jersey council of safety, sends Hayes a "List of disaffected Persons to be apprehended by Maj. Hay[e]s & his party, & to be sent to Morris Gaol [a jail]." The list appears on a separate page and contains the names of forty eight Tories.

Livingston, William, 1723-1790
Hayes, Samuel, 1728-1811

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