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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Dispatch of Indians to Quebec and Montreal

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02088 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: May 11, 1709 Pagination: 2p. : docket : Height: 30.1 cm, Width: 18.9 cm Order a Copy

Renselaer and Livingston send one pair of Indians to Quebec, and another pair to Montreal and order them to make what discoveries they can and to follow the instructions of Coll. Vetch and Coll. Nicholson. P.2 contains the instructions of Vetch and Nicholson, which ask the Indians to take exact notice of the amount of troops and provisions at Quebec and Montreal, and if any additional forts have been built. They also ask that the Indians sent ot Quebec find out if there is a stone wall around the city, the number of guns mounted, and when they expect a fleet from France.

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

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