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Collection Reference Number GLC03107.02487
From Archive Folder The Livingston Family Papers [068] 1749 
Title Petrus DeWitt to Philip Livingston re: sale and purchase of wheat
Date 23 January 1749
Author DeWitt, Peter (fl. 1744-1769)  
Recipient Livingston, Philip  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description DeWitt informs Philip of various business matters on the Manor. He warns Philip that a certain Mr. Hoffman sells his wheat most dishonestly, and strives only to make things difficult for them. DeWitt also notes that the dam at So[d]us is nearly completed, and he advises Philip to employ some German workers to finish the job.
Subjects Merchants and Trade  Commerce  Finance  Wheat  Forgery and Fraud  Immigration and Migration  Labor  Infrastructure  
People DeWitt, Peter (fl. 1744-1769)  Livingston, Philip (1686-1749)  
Place written Manor of Livingston, New York
Theme Merchants & Commerce; Law; Science, Technology, Invention
Sub-collection The Livingston Family Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859