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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 "Robert Livingston's Case with Jacob Harwood & R. Meriwether"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00309 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: London, England Type: Manuscript document Date: 1695/11/11 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 29.7 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Livingston contends that he does not owe Jacob Harwood any money, and that any moneys collected by Harwood using the power of attorney sent by Livingston expressly for the case of Livingston v. Thomas Dongan were collected and to be held in trust for Livingston and not for use by Harwood, as Harwood contends. Docketed on verso.

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