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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Account of the Excise at Albany

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00244 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1694/03/25-1695/10/12 Pagination: 7p. + docket 31.1 x 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Record of accounts in Albany. Also records the amount of rum expended in certain households, and outstanding debts and credits.

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