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Beekman, Joanna, fl. 1711 to Robert Livingston re: concerns regarding French and Indians

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00876 Author/Creator: Beekman, Joanna, fl. 1711 Place Written: Kingston, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1711/04/24 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 32.4 x 21 cm Order a Copy

Joanna expresses concern regarding the presence of French spies among the Indians, and accounts for goods that her husband ordered her to send to Livingston. Docketed on address leaf.

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
Beekman, Joanna, fl. 1711

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