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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Partial Journal re: John Livingston's Wedding

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00602 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1700/01/01-1700/01/06 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 23.8 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Began on the first of January 1701 and tells of Livingston giving a friend of his son John the clothes John was to be married in. Livingston also includes several business dealings with his observations on his son's marriage. Pages 3 & 4 of this journal are written in Dutch.

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