[POLITICS]. LIVINGSTON, Walter (1740-1797). Autograph letter signed ("Walter Livingston"), with
[POLITICS]. LIVINGSTON, Walter (1740-1797). Autograph letter signed ("Walter Livingston"), with franking signature on address panel of integral leaf ("Walter Livingston"), to an unnamed recipient. Manor Livingston, 30 November 1794.
1 page, 4to, on a bifolium, addressed on an integral leaf, some staining and browning, a few tiny wormholes.
Walter Livingston, was the great-grandson of New York colonial official, fur trader, and businessman Robert Livingston the Elder, who was granted a patent in 1686 to 160,000 acres along the Hudson River, establishing Livingston Manor. Walter Livingston was a delegate to the Provincial Convention held in New York in 1775, and was a member of the First New York Provincial Congress. He was a member from New York of the Continental Congress in 1784 and 1785, and was appointed Commissioner of the United States Treasury in 1785. He writes, in part: "By yesterday's mail I received a letter from my son Schuyler acquitting me to inform you that he expected to sale by the 12th." He continues: "The lot I purchased...is marked in our list disputed. It is No. 3 in Lysander containing 500 acres."
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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[POLITICS]. LIVINGSTON, Walter (1740-1797). Autograph letter signed ("Walter Livingston"), with franking signature on address panel of integral leaf ("Walter Livingston"), to an unnamed recipient. Manor Livingston, 30 November 1794.
1 page, 4to, on a bifolium, addressed on an integral leaf, some staining and browning, a few tiny wormholes.
Walter Livingston, was the great-grandson of New York colonial official, fur trader, and businessman Robert Livingston the Elder, who was granted a patent in 1686 to 160,000 acres along the Hudson River, establishing Livingston Manor. Walter Livingston was a delegate to the Provincial Convention held in New York in 1775, and was a member of the First New York Provincial Congress. He was a member from New York of the Continental Congress in 1784 and 1785, and was appointed Commissioner of the United States Treasury in 1785. He writes, in part: "By yesterday's mail I received a letter from my son Schuyler acquitting me to inform you that he expected to sale by the 12th." He continues: "The lot I purchased...is marked in our list disputed. It is No. 3 in Lysander containing 500 acres."
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents