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Slater, John, fl. 1722 to Robert Livingston re: threshing corn and wheat

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01414 Author/Creator: Slater, John, fl. 1722 Place Written: Livingston Manor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1722/01/14 Pagination: 1p. + addr.+docket 20 x 15.5 cm Order a Copy

Slater writes that a certain old woman who is in Livingston's debt, can not leave her sick husband to pay the debt, but promises to do so eventually. Slater also informs Livingston of the amounts of corn and wheat he and some others have threshed. Docketed on address leaf.

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