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Eliot, Aaron, fl. 1759 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: error in an order of iron

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02986 Author/Creator: Eliot, Aaron, fl. 1759 Place Written: Killingworth, [England] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1759/09/04 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 19.7 x 15.8 cm Order a Copy

Eliot thanks Robert, Jr. for sending him his order of iron, but notes that some mistakes were made, which he desires Robert, Jr. to remedy.

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