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Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 1710-1792 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: request to send iron to Oswego

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02957 Author/Creator: Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 1710-1792 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1756/03/06 Pagination: 1p. + docket 23.8 x 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Peter asks Robert, Jr. to send his iron up to Oswego immediately, so that it will be there by the time the ship carpenters and black smiths arrive.

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