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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.03065 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [075] 1766 |
| Title | Robert Livingston to his father, Robert Livingston, offering congratulations on the repeal of the Stamp Act |
| Date | 29 May 1766 |
| Author | Livingston, Robert Cambridge (1742-1794) |
| Recipient | Livingston, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "I congratulate you on the repeal of the most injurious, inconsistent and at the same time the most impolitick Act that perhaps ever a Kings Scoundrel invented or even thought of before- And I hope the news of it will be a means of subduing & crushing those restless, disorderly, & turbulent disposed miscreants, that have lately involved you into so much trouble and anxiety-" |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Stamp Act Taxes or Taxation Global History and Civics Law Boundary or Property Dispute Mobs and Riots |
| People | Livingston, Robert Cambridge (1742-1794) Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |