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Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749 to Robert Livingston re: trial for insufficiency of the jail

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01570 Author/Creator: Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1724/04/26 Pagination: 1p. : address : Height: 32.7 cm, Width: 20.7 cm Order a Copy

Philip writes that the Supreme Court of New York has scheduled a trial in the matter over the insufficiency of the jail at Albany. Docketed on address leaf.

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