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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Memorial to Lord Godolphin re: Livingston's Petition

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00715 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: Whitehall, London, England Type: Manuscript document Date: 1704/07/12 Pagination: 3 p. + docket 31.9 x 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Appeal of the last clause of the findings by Mr. Blathwayt and the Earl of Ranelagh regarding salary as Secretary for Indian Affairs. Blathwayt and Ranelagh recommended that the salary debate be returned to the prerogative of Lord Cornbury, to which Livingston sends this appeal.

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
Godolphin, Sidney, 1645-1712

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