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Brooke, Charles, fl. 1694 Authorization for Robert Livingston to search Westchester tax records

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00249 Author/Creator: Brooke, Charles, fl. 1694 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1694/05/05 Pagination: 2 p. + docket 19.1 x 15.1 cm Order a Copy

Authorization by Charles Brooke, Attorney General of New York, for Robert Livingston to go to the County of Westchester in order to examine the accounts of taxes that are in arrears. Livingston is then ordered to begin the collection of these accounts.

Brooke, Charles, fl. 1694

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