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[Document, 1781 February 3]

1. [Document, 1781 February 3]

Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee) Livingston, Susan (Addressee)
Date: February 3, 1781
Summary: Writes from L'Orient. Tells his sisters not to envy the situation in Europe. Misses all his friends and family. Jay is very kind to him. French ladies are more attractive than the Spanish -- except for their excess use of rouge. Mrs. Jay is well. Asks...
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[Document, 1781 September 3]

2. [Document, 1781 September 3]

Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: September 3, 1781
Summary: Concern over their brother John and his ship, the "Saratoga." Asks her to be honest with him about John's fate. How is the family dealing with the situation? Livingston writes at length of his bitter loneliness and homesickness. Suggests that their br...
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