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Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: kept from business due to fever

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03299 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1773/10/14 Pagination: 1p. + docket 31 x 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Robert Cambridge explains that he has not been able to attend to some of their business due to a sudden attack of a fever and a sore throat. He also informs his father of his last sale of flour.

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