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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Ledger of accounts in Rotterdam for the year 1670 [in Dutch]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00002 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: Rotterdam, Netherlands Type: Manuscript document Date: 1670 Pagination: 67p. Height: 32.2 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

Cover ink has faded, leaving an almost illegible cover title, "Journal." Entered in three columns: a fractional entry code, the particulars of the entry, and the amount of the entry. Livingston kept this ledger for his shipping business, as dozens of names are entered amongst the pages.

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