Combs, Samuel, fl. 1788 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: warning of a dishonest deal
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03636 Author/Creator: Combs, Samuel, fl. 1788 Place Written: Livingston Manor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1788/06/16 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 18.4 x 15.5 cm Order a Copy
Combs writes that Nicholas Stickel is about to "cheat and to coaks [coax] John Peter Caler [Kealor] out of his place and thay have desierd me to Let you know it and to beg your assistence for the old man is out of his head about it and desired you not to Let Stickel have it." Docketed on address leaf.
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