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DeWitt, Charles, fl. 1753 Testimony regarding the Livingston's rights to Taghkanic and the Manor

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02873 Author/Creator: DeWitt, Charles, fl. 1753 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1753/08/24 Pagination: 2p. + docket 31 x 18.8 cm Order a Copy

In the trial of Robert and Johannis Van Deusen v. Josiah Loomis, Charels DeWitt declares that the late Philip Livingston rented a piece of land in Taghkanic to Josiah Loomis. He further states that he informed Loomis of Robert Livingston, Jr.' s orders that he should remove himself from the land, to which Loomis replied that he was prepared to move from the house, but not from the land.

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