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Van Cortlandt, Stephen, 1643-1700 re: Robert Livingston's taxes paid for 1686 and 1687

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00153 Author/Creator: Van Cortlandt, Stephen, 1643-1700 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1688/03/24 Pagination: 2p. : docket : Height: 32.9 cm, Width: 21.3 cm Order a Copy

Stephen Van Cortlandt and James Grahame, managers of "his Majty's Reveune," certify by this document that Robert Livingston had paid his excise of the years 1686 and 1687. P.2 contains a distinct note containing monetary calculations.

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