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Livingston, Robert Cambridge to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: prosperous harvest and trade

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03409 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Cambridge Place Written: Bensalem, [Pa.] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1781/09/21 Pagination: 2p. 24.1 x 17 cm Order a Copy

Robert Cambridge writes that his travels have been most taxing, but notes that the harvest was "luxurient," and that trade in Philadelphia is expected to be advantageous. Docketed on address leaf.

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