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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Memorial to Sidney Godolphin re: repayment of salary

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00720 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: Windsor, England Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1704/07/31 Pagination: 2p. + docket 30 x 19 cm Order a Copy

In a petition addressed to the Lord Treasurer Sidney Godolphin, Livingston requests repayment for victualling from 24 December 1699 to 24 April 1700. P.2 contains an ALS from William Blathwayt to Earl of Ranelagh dated 20 June 1700; re: warrant to make payment on the accounts of the Four Companies of New York from 26 March 1699 to 24 December 1699.

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