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Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790 to Robert Livingston re: decision to study French

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01523 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1723/09/23 Pagination: 1p. + addr.+docket 18.7 x 15.1 cm Order a Copy

Philip Livinston's son Robert writes that he will travel to New York to learn French, and asks his grandfather to send him some buckwheat to feed a flock of pigeons. Docketed on address leaf.

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