Nanfan, John, fl. 1688-1702 to Robert Livingston re: congratulations on return from Indian Mission
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00596 Author/Creator: Nanfan, John, fl. 1688-1702 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1700/05/25 Pagination: 1 p. + addr. 31 x 19.6 cm Order a Copy
Nanfan welcomes Livingston's return to Albany, after having been on a mission to the Onondaga tribe in an effort to maintain peaceful relations between the tribe and the colony. Nanfan then further writes that Governor Nicholson, while aboard the frigate 'Shoram Prize,' captured a pirate and "rescued a great many good vessels he had taken," releasing three English prisoners taken by the Pirate. Docketed on address leaf.
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