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"Reasons offer to the arbitrators why they ought not to allow . . .

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01829 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1585-1763 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 29.3 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy

of Jacob Harwoods sham sale of Robt. Livingstons Tallys of 1670." P.1 of the document outlines how Harwood's actions anulled any legitimate sale. P.2 is an account of how Robert Livingston came into possession of a part of the estate of Coll. Dongan. Docketed on verso.

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