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Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: high value of Saratoga

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03173 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1768/08/10 Pagination: 2p. + docket 31.8 x 20 cm Order a Copy

Robert Cambridge congratulates his father on the high value attached to Saratoga, and also makes arrangements for renting one of his father's houses.

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