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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.03332 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [082] 1774-1775 |
| Title | Robert Cambridge Livingston to his father, Robert Livingston re: advice to sell flour quickly |
| Date | 29 May 1775 |
| Author | Livingston, Robert Cambridge (1742-1794) |
| Recipient | Livingston, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Robert Cambridge writes that he has sold the last of his flour, and explains: "I thought it too dangerous to keep produce on hand at present it being most probable that a termination of our Commerce will take place about the middle of July and therefore I don't think it would be improper to send all the Flour you have by you down as soon as the Sloop returns." He also discusses the mounting tensions with Great Britain and notes, "The manoeuvres of the Continental Congress are secret, but people imagine they are preparing or devising ways and means to carry on an opposition to parliament." |
| Subjects | Embargo Merchants and Trade Commerce Finance Economics Wheat Diet and Nutrition Government and Civics Revolutionary War Continental Congress Congress Global History and Civics |
| People | Livingston, Robert Cambridge (1742-1794) Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Merchants & Commerce; Naval & Maritime; Government & Politics; The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |