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Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715 Patent of property in Albany given to Robert Livingston

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.05389 Author/Creator: Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1684/11/04 Pagination: 1 sheet : docket Height: 59 cm, Width: 50.5 cm Order a Copy

Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715
Livingston, Robert Henry, 1760-1804
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Economics
Land Transaction
Contract
The Thirteen Colonies

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