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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02537.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters Between Robert Livingston and James Duane |
| Title | Robert Livingston to James Duane asking for news from the south and discussing the Dutch and the English |
| Date | 13 April 1781 |
| Author | Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) |
| Recipient | Duane, James |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his son-in-law with family news. Discusses being "greatly pestered with a band of robbers." Requests news from the southern front in the American Revolution, specifically if Nathanael Greene was successful against Lord Cornwallis and accounts of Benedict Arnold's activities. Mentions his hopes for aid from the Dutch and that "English pride may be curbed and brought to reason." |
| Subjects | Crime Children and Family Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Treason Global History and Civics Diplomacy |
| People | Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) Duane, James (1733-1797) Greene, Nathanael (1742-1786) Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis (1738-1805) |
| Place written | Livingston Manor, New York |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Foreign Affairs; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |