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Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: increase in flour shipping to Liverpool

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03108 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1767/01/30 Pagination: 1p. : address : Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20.7 cm Order a Copy

Robert Cambridge states the price of flour and brown bread in New York, and notes that there has been an increase in flour shipping between New York and Liverpool. Docketed on address leaf.

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