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Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: low prices for flour

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03174 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1768/08/13 Pagination: 1p. : address : Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 17.3 cm Order a Copy

Robert Cambridge writes that he declined to sell Robert, Jr.'s flour due to low prices, and asks what price would be agreeable to his father. He also reports on the production level of the Hibernia Iron Works. Docketed on address leaf.

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