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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 to Sidney Godolphin re: difficulties of returning home with money

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00726 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: Windsor, England Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1704/10/14 Pagination: 2 p. + docket 28.7 x 17.7 cm Order a Copy

Copy of p.1 of GLC 3107.01.00725. Discusses inability to be paid salary for Secretary of Indian Affairs position without difficulties (dangerous voyages, bureaucratic entanglements, French privateers).

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

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