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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Livingston's outlays of monies as victualler

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00664 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 1701/06/10 Pagination: 2 p. : docket : Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy

Livingston writes this in an effort to clear his name from any claims of misappropriation of funds. He claims that all monies outlaid, to four companies of troops kept in New York and Albany, were done so at the behest of the Colonial Governor, the Earl of Bellomont.

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