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Howard of Effingham, Francis Howard, Baron, 1643-1695 Instructions for Arnout the interpreter [in Dutch]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01925 Author/Creator: Howard of Effingham, Francis Howard, Baron, 1643-1695 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1684/10/02 Pagination: 2p. : docket : Height: 33.4 cm, Width: 21.4 cm Order a Copy

P.2 contains a proposition to the western Indians, also in Dutch. Robert Livingston signed as the translator of both documents.

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
Howard, Francis, 1643-1695

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