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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 "Memorandum of what I am to do before I go off [to England]"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00254 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1694/10/21 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 20.9 cm Order a Copy

Livingston, prior to his voyage to England, has deliniated all the actions he would like to see completed before his journey. These actions include "write to Col. Hamilton for the bills of £30- & for letter of Recommendation," "to ship the fish & such things as my wife writ," "to write to [Col. Richard] Ingoldsby about the Bills of Exchange," and "to buy a blanket Paper & Tobacco." Docketed on verso.

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