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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.03080 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [075] 1766 |
| Title | John Abeel to Robert Livingston discussing the state of markets at home and abroad |
| Date | 15 November 1766 |
| Author | Abeel, John (1667-1711) |
| Recipient | Livingston, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Abeel informs Livingston of trade transactions, and states that the fear of famine has caused an embargo to be placed on wheat from Philadelphia. He also notes that markets are in favor of farmers, but do not bode well for millers or merchants. |
| Subjects | Poverty Wheat Diet and Nutrition Economics Embargo Merchants and Trade Commerce Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Mill Global History and Civics |
| People | Abeel, John (1667-1711) Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Banking & Economics; Foreign Affairs; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |