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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Legal document re: action in Court of Common Pleas in Blackham case

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00767 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: London, England Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1706/05/08 Pagination: 4p. 30.6 x 18.2 cm Order a Copy

Page one appears to be a legal statement regarding Robert Livingston's debt to Richard Blackham. With letters by Livingston to Joseph Ch[illegible], 9 May 1706; Robert [illegible], 9 May 1706; James Dougals, 9 May 1706; and William Livingston, 9 May 1706. Docketed on verso.

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