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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.03425 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [086] 1782 |
| Title | Robert Cambridge Livingston to Robert Livingston re: acceptance of offers of relief |
| Date | 24 March 1782 |
| Author | Livingston, Robert Cambridge (1742-1794) |
| Recipient | Livingston, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Robert Cambridge thanks his father for offering him assistance during this difficult time when he has neither an income nor any prospect for establishing a business. He accepts his father's offer for relief, and states his plan to move himself and his family to his father's house where he will try to find a business to support himself. Robert Cambridge also expresses his belief that his father's iron works is "decaying," and encourages his father to let them go, as they yield more trouble than profit. |
| Subjects | Children and Family Finance Industry Debt |
| People | Livingston, Robert Cambridge (1742-1794) Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) |
| Place written | near Bristol, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Industry; Merchants & Commerce; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |