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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.03400 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [085] 1780-1781 |
| Title | Alida Hoffman to her brother, Robert Livingston re: plans to visit her brother |
| Date | 20 April 1781 |
| Author | Hoffman, Alida Livingston (fl. 1781-1782) |
| Recipient | Livingston, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Alida expresses her desire to visit her brother, and complains of her financial troubles. She hopes the executors for her deceased husband will send her some money, and notes "it is very Lamen[table] that in these times of Distress there is no justice done [illegible] Widow & Fatherless, but praysed be god he has given me a friend in you." Docketed on verso. |
| Subjects | Children and Family Woman Author Women's History Finance Estate Death Marriage |
| People | Hoffman, Alida Livingston (fl. 1781-1782) Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) |
| Place written | Baskenridge, New Jersey |
| Theme | Women in American History; Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |