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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Fragment of account sheet re: expenditures outlayed for province of New York

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00641 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1701/09 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 27.8 cm, Width: 18.2 cm Order a Copy

Part of an itemized list detailing each of the outlays of Livingston made for the Province of New York, totalling £5335 19 shillings 2 1/4 pence. The outlays included "Incidents" and Provisions for the Indians of the Five Nations , and "for Makeing 400 wheel Barrows to fortify Albany & Shinnectady."

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

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