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Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: trading and business arrangments

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03334 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1775/05/13 Pagination: 3p. : address : Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 19.3 cm Order a Copy

Robert Cambridge urges his father to send him all his flour and wheat, as he believes that their right to export and trade it will be curtailed in the near future. He also mentions a rumor that regiments of 2000 to 3000 soldiers are being sent to New York to defend the province against British troops that are said to be moving in that direction as well. Docketed on address leaf.

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