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Smithsen, Anthony, fl. 1723-1726 Account of Robert Livingston

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01633 Author/Creator: Smithsen, Anthony, fl. 1723-1726 Place Written: Livingston Manor, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1726/04/12 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 33.3 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy

The account records expenditures for shoes and the repair of shoes. On p.2 Smithsen acknowledges receipt of payment for the delivery of wheat and the boarding of Gilbert Livingston's daughter Alida from 1 April 1725 to 1 April 1726. Docketed on verso.

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