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Vetch, Margaret, 1681-1758 to Alida Livingston re: great misfortune

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02180 Author/Creator: Vetch, Margaret, 1681-1758 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 1701 Pagination: 1p. : address : Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 17.4 cm Order a Copy

Margaret writes with relief that her husband, Samuel Vetch, is alive. She goes on to discuss that they have suffered many misfortunes, but she hopes that God will soon give her reason to bless him. Docketed on address leaf.

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