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Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790 to Robert Livingston of Clermont re: French lessons

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01628 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790 Place Written: New Rochelle, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1725/03/10 Pagination: 2p.+ addr. 20.1 x 32.3 cm Order a Copy

Young Robert thanks his uncle for some shoes, and notes that he hopes to master the French language soon. P.2 contains a letter written to the Mayor regarding trade with the Indians and relations with the French in Canada. The letter is not signed, and is dated April 1725, Albany. Docketed on address leaf.

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
Livingston, Robert, 1663-1725

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