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Swieten, O.V., fl. 1700 to Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00612 Author/Creator: Swieten, O.V., fl. 1700 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1701/06/24 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 33 cm, Width: 20.8 cm Order a Copy

Contains two letters. The first bears no apparent signature. The second letter is dated July 1701 and is signed by O.V. Swieten. Docketed on address leaf.

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