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Vetch, Margaret, 1681-1758 to Robert Livingston re: preparations to travel

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01192 Author/Creator: Vetch, Margaret, 1681-1758 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1717/10/21 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 20 x 15.5 cm Order a Copy

Margaret informs her father that she plans to take her two children with her to Great Britain, and that she has sold most of her household goods in order to undertake the voyage. Docketed on address leaf.

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