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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Account sheet re: construction of ships [in Dutch]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00258 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1694/10/12 Pagination: 4 p. : docket : Height: 31 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Itemized list of supplies and expenditures for the construction of three vessels by Livingston and Peter Schuyler. Also bears the signature of Peter Schuyler on p.4.

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