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Stoddard, Solomon, fl. 1699-1700 to Robert Livingston re: offers to board Robert Livingston for schooling

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00520 Author/Creator: Stoddard, Solomon, fl. 1699-1700 Place Written: Northampton, [?] Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1699/12/26 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 30.4 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Mr. Stoddard offeres to "take a fatherly care" of young Robert Livingston, while offering him board and overseeing his studies towards a legal career, for the small sum of £11 annually. Docketed on address leaf.

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