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Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Census of inhabitants of Albany

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00369 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1697/05/03 Pagination: 2p. + docket 30.7 x 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Complying with orders from Governor Benjamin Fletcher, Livingston compiled a census of "Christians and Indians" at Albany, comparing the numbers of 1689 with 1697 to account for the number killed or carried away since the beginning of the war.

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
Fletcher, Benjamin, 1640-1703

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