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Livingston, John to Robert Livingston re: plans to travel to Great Britain

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01190 Author/Creator: Livingston, John Place Written: Mount Livingston, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1717/10/09 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 30.8 x 19.4 cm Order a Copy

John states that he will travel to Great Britain with his cousin, and expresses concern over what Samuel Vetch has already accomplished there. He also asks his father to abandon his suspicions of Sarah Knight. Docketed on address leaf.

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