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Livingston, Alida, 1747-1791 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: selling a farm

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03280 Author/Creator: Livingston, Alida, 1747-1791 Place Written: Dublin, [Ireland] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1773/06/16 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 37 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Alida discusses a business arrangement to sell a farm with her husband Valentine Gardiner, and also asks her father to correspond more frequently. Part of the letter is illegible due to damage. Docketed on verso.

Livingston, Alida, 1747-1791

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