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Livingston, Walter, 1740-1797 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04382 Author/Creator: Livingston, Walter, 1740-1797 Place Written: New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 October 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 18.9 cm Order a Copy

Writes, "[m]y absence from Town will apologize for my drawing on you, for two Quarters Home Rent, which will become due on the first of next month." Asks that he pay a draft of £130 sterling, and provides a date and location for payment. Noted as written at "Manor Livingston."

Livingston, Walter, 1740-1797

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