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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.03237 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [079] 1770 |
| Title | Gabriel Breasee to Robert Livingston re: request to sell some land |
| Date | 19 March 1770 |
| Author | Breasee, Gabriel (fl. 1770) |
| Recipient | Livingston, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Breasee explains that because of unfortunate circumstances, he has been reduced to a most desperate financial state. He therefore asks Robert to allow him to sell part of his farm so that he may buy a few horses and "Labour a Little to Get Food for my fameley." Docketed on address leaf. |
| Subjects | Finance Debt Landlord and Tenant Land Transaction Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Poverty |
| People | Breasee, Gabriel (fl. 1770) Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) |
| Place written | Taghkanic, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Children & Family; Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |