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Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701 to Robert Livingston re: news of Pirates and a "plague"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00515 Author/Creator: Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1699/09/23 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 21.3 cm Order a Copy

Riggs writes to Livingston discussing a "great sickness at Philledelphe . . . above three hundred ded" and an action taken by Pirates by capturing a ship. Docketed on address leaf.

Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Pirates
Privateering
Maritime
Health and Medical
Death
Disease
Yellow Fever
The Thirteen Colonies

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