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Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790 to Abraham Decker, Jr. re: order to deliver livestock to James Stewart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03688 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790 Place Written: Ancram, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1790/09/03 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 14.8 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

With ALS by James Stewart to John Wigram, 6 September 1790, in which he asks Wigram to credit money for livestock to Abraham Decker's account. Docketed on verso. Written at the Manor of Livingston, in Ancram, New York.

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