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Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: iron and flour trade

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03069 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1766/09/19 Pagination: 2p. : address : Height: 31 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Robert Cambridge remarks that the rainy weather has hindered the harvesting of corn, and informs his father of plans to ship iron and flour. Docketed on address leaf.

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