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Collection Reference Number GLC03107.00573
From Archive Folder The Livingston Family Papers [026] January-June 1700 
Title John Riggs to Robert Livingston regarding news from England
Date 10 June 1700
Author Riggs, John (fl. 1699-1701)  
Recipient Livingston, Robert  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Riggs writes of the current events as alleged to have occurred, claims that Parliament had been dissolved, and that Admiral Benby sailed back to England from Boston with a ship full of privateers. Finally, Riggs writes of Richard Ingoldsby's desire to become Governor of Bermuda. Docketed on address leaf.
Subjects Privateering  Pirates  Maritime  Navy  Global History and Civics  Caribbean  Politics  Office Seeker  
People Riggs, John (fl. 1699-1701)  Livingston, Robert (1654-1728)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Livingston Family Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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