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Vetch, Margaret, 1681-1758 to Robert Livingston re: awaiting news from London

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01134 Author/Creator: Vetch, Margaret, 1681-1758 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1717/04/22 Pagination: 1p. : address : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

Margaret anxiously awaits news of her husband from London, and expresses regret at the news that her brother John has lost all use of his limbs. Docketed on address leaf.

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