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Van Nes, Jan Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01108 Author/Creator: Van Nes, Jan Place Written: [Albany, New York] Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1716/05 Pagination: 1p. + docket 8.4 x 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Account sheet contains AN by Livingston indicating that he paid the contents of the account on 5 February 1718, Albany.

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