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Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: selling wheat

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03307 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 Place Written: Bristol, [England] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1774/08/04 Pagination: 1p. : address : Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy

Robert Cambridge states that wheat is sold at a most advantageous rate, and therefore asks his father to send some wheat down immediately. Docketed on address leaf.

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