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Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: opportunity to vend wheat

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03285 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1773/07/16 Pagination: 1p. : docket : Height: 19.3 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

Robert Cambridge asks if his father desires to dispose of some of his wheat, and explains that he has found a favorable opportunity to sell it.

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