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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00335 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: September 17, 1696 Pagination: 6 p. : docket : Height: 30 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Covers the period of 25 March 1696 to 17 September 1696. Records excises, the rum and wine expended in households, and Livingston's debts and credits as tax collector.

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