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Livingston, Johanna, fl. 1711-1717 to Robert Livingston re: longing for home

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01018 Author/Creator: Livingston, Johanna, fl. 1711-1717 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1713/07/06 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 16.2 cm Order a Copy

Jo[h]anna writes of her plan to return home as soon as Margaret Vetch arrives in Boston, and expresses her deep longing to be with her mother.

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