Hoffman, Alida Livingston, 1728-1790 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: plans to visit her brother
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03400 Author/Creator: Hoffman, Alida Livingston, 1728-1790 Place Written: Baskenridge, [New Jersey] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1781/04/20 Pagination: 2p. 30.5 x 18.5 cm Order a Copy
Alida expresses her desire to visit her brother, and complains of her financial troubles. She hopes the executors for her deceased husband will send her some money, and notes "it is very Lamen[table] that in these times of Distress there is no justice done [illegible] Widow & Fatherless, but praysed be god he has given me a friend in you." Docketed on verso.
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