Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Petition to Viscount Cornbury re: Livingston's fiscal investigation
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00676 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1702/06/08 Pagination: 4 p. 30.6 x 18.5 cm Order a Copy
Petition from Robert Livingston to new Colonial Governor Viscount Cornbury, in which Livingston details the pains he had to endure in his "persecution" over public funds. P.4 contains a note in response to Livingston's petition, dated 10 June 1702 by B. Cossens. Docketed on verso.
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