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Collection Reference Number GLC03107.03478
From Archive Folder The Livingston Family Papers [087] 1783 
Title Jacob Bogardus to Robert Livingston re: hopes for more prosperous trade
Date 23 February 1783
Author Bogardus, Jacob (fl. 1767-1783)  
Recipient Livingston, Robert  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Bogardus writes of his hopes for an improvement in trade: "times have been fluctuating & distracting for trade, but now the happy moment is at hand when we can again hope for order & Regularity to take place amongst us. When the happy event of peace takes place I should wish to move from hence to settle myself in business." He also recommends a workman for Robert's failing iron works. Docketed on address leaf.
Subjects Merchants and Trade  Commerce  Finance  Revolutionary War  Military History  Global History and Civics  Treaty  Peace  Industry  Letter of Introduction or Recommendation  Immigration and Migration  
People Bogardus, Jacob (fl. 1767-1783)  Livingston, Robert (1708-1790)  
Place written Salisbury, Conn.
Theme Merchants & Commerce; Industry; The American Revolution
Sub-collection The Livingston Family Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859