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Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749 to Robert Livingston re: kidnapping of a boy at Schenectady

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01747 Author/Creator: Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1725/12/16 Pagination: 2p. + addr. 20.7 x 16.7 cm Order a Copy

Philip expresses sorrow at the state of his father's health, and mentions that it is reported that some Indians kidnapped an English boy. Docketed on address leaf.

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

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