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Livingston, Peter Robert, fl. 1765-1790 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: trade markets

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03053 Author/Creator: Livingston, Peter Robert, fl. 1765-1790 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1766/03/24 Pagination: 1p. : address : Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Peter Robert writes of the state of trading markets in Europe, and notes that America is beginning to recover from a trading slump. He forwards some accounts, and states that his father will find them "more and more in favour of America so that we make no doubt here but the [Stamp] Act will be Repealed." Docketed on address leaf.

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