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Livingston, Johanna, fl. 1711-1717 to Robert Livingston re: request for a present and some letters

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00968 Author/Creator: Livingston, Johanna, fl. 1711-1717 Place Written: New London, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1713/04/14 Pagination: 1p. + docket + addr. 31 x 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Jo[h]anna asks her father to send her brother a present of some bacon, and mentions that Madam Winthrop would like a letter from him, as she has not received one since the death of her daughter, Mary. Docketed on address leaf.

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