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Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701 to Robert Livingston re: Governor Tolvin's voyage to Jamaica

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00623 Author/Creator: Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1701/07/25 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Riggs writes of the first ship come to New York after such a long period of inactivity, a ship carrying twenty eight passengers from England and France. He also describes a fleet of twenty-eight ships carrying two thousand men to accompany Governor Tolvin to his new post in Jamaica. Docketed on address leaf.

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