Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790 Authorization to distrain and sell the goods of indebted tenants
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03392 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790 Place Written: Livingston Manor, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1780 Pagination: 1p. 32.6 x 20.7 cm Order a Copy
Robert Livingston, Jr. authorizes an unnamed individual to distrain goods from tenants of Livingston Manor who have failed to pay their rent, and to then appraise and sell these goods if the tenant is without further means to pay his rent.
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