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Whitmarsk, Zachariah, fl. 1782 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: plea to retain a farm

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03459 Author/Creator: Whitmarsk, Zachariah, fl. 1782 Place Written: Livingston Manor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1782/11/11 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 18.3 x 16 cm Order a Copy

Whitmarsk states that he has learned that some men intend to take his farmer through disreputable means, and implores Robert, Jr. to prevent this so that he may sell the farm according to his own terms. Docketed on address leaf.

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