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[Document, 1775 July 28]

1. [Document, 1775 July 28]

Name: Livingston, Philip Van Brugh (Author) New York Delegates at Philadelphia (Addressee)
Date: July 28, 1775
Summary: As considerable quantities of flax seed will shortly be ready for export, they call attention of the delegates to advisability of inhibiting the exportation immediately. Livingston if President of the New York Provincial Congress.
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[Document, 1775 September 01]

2. [Document, 1775 September 01]

Name: Woodhull, Nathaniel, 1722-1776 (Author) New York Delegates at Philadelphia (Addressee)
Date: September 01, 1775
Summary: Many merchants hold tea in New York, which if sold, would permit them to purchase arms and munitions for sale to Congress. Suggest regulations to apply should Congress decide to relieve the restrictions on the purchase and sale of tea.
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