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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.01139 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [045] January-May 1717 |
| Title | Philip Livingston to Robert Livingston re: request for a female slave |
| Date | 3 May 1717 |
| Author | Livingston, Philip (1686-1749) |
| Recipient | Livingston, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Philip explains that ships of slaves are coming from Africa, and asks his father to purchase him a young female slave. |
| Subjects | Slavery Finance Slave Trade Women's History Africa Children and Family |
| People | Livingston, Robert (1654-1728) Livingston, Philip (1686-1749) |
| Place written | Albany, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |