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Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749 to John DeWitt re: order to start the mills

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04436 Author/Creator: Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1741/03/11 Pagination: 2p. + addr. + docket 32.7 x 21.0 Order a Copy

Philip Livingston writes of his concern regarding ice in the mills, and asks DeWitt to do whatever is possible to free the mills and the dam of ice.

DeWitt, John, fl. 1740-1744
Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778

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