Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Livingston's petition to the Committee of Trade and Plantations
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00279 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: Whitehall, London, England Type: Manuscript document Date: 1695/08/22 Pagination: 5p. : docket : Height: 29.9 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy
Livingston petitions the Committee of Trades and Plantations to reimburse him for losses accrued during altercations with the French and Indians, and the unrest of Leisler's rebellion. Livingston grounds his petition on the claim that the sum of these losses threaten his position as a merchant. Docketed on p.5 and on verso of document.
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