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Walter & Robert Cambridge Livingston, fl. 1766-1768 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: a house on Dock Street

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03142 Author/Creator: Walter & Robert Cambridge Livingston, fl. 1766-1768 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Letter Date: 1767/11/09 Pagination: 1p. : address : Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Walter and Robert Cambridge inform their father that they have found someone to build him a house on Dock Street, but they have no estimate of the cost. Docketed on address leaf.

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