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Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: decision not to sell land

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03648 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 Place Written: Livingston Manor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1788/09/29 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 23.5 x 19.3 cm Order a Copy

Robert Cambridge writes that he has decided not to sell his land this winter, although he believes it to be some of the most desireable land available. Docketed on address leaf.

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