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Schuyler, Brandt, 1659-1752 to Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00080 Author/Creator: Schuyler, Brandt, 1659-1752 Place Written: Kingstown Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 19, 1682 Pagination: 1p. : address : Height: 32.7 cm, Width: 21.1 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Brandt Schuyler to Robert Livingston dated January 19, 1682. Schuyler informs Livingston about the purchase of the Pollepees Island by Courtlandt, who was promised the island by Captain Brock and his council. Schuyler also discusses the prices of flour in Barbados and wheat in Long Island. Written in Dutch.

Schuyler, Brandt, 1659-1752
Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
Brock, fl. 1682

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