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to John DeWitt re: instructions to refrain from exporting grain

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04434 Author/Creator: Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1741/02/27 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 21.3 x 15.5 Order a Copy

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DeWitt, John, fl. 1740-1744
Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Economics
Banking
Commerce
Merchants and Trade
Finance
Wheat
Diet and nutrition
The Thirteen Colonies

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