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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.803.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Correspondence with Sally & Henry Bromfield |
| Title | Letter written by Peter Livingston giving instructions for supplies and inquiring about a mine he wishes to purchase |
| Date | 24 February 1782 |
| Author | Livingston, Peter (1737-1794) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Sent Captain John Shaver with four barrels of flour. Asks Bromfield to store them and send them by first convenience to Captain Hopkins at Hartford. Also says to send Hopkins all the pork. Says to also send what is not cut up because this will be the last sledding of the year. Asks him to check the town records and let him know if there is a record of a transaction between Edward Quincy and anyone else for ore at the Simsbury mines. Livingston wants to buy it, but he heard that Quincy might have already sold it. |
| Subjects | Diet and Nutrition Mining Finance Industry Merchants and Trade Commerce |
| Place written | Livingston Manor, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Industry; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |