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John Brown of Greesbank, near Kilmarnock, New Brunswick, Canada, wrote to his former sister-in-law Susan, addressed to Basking Ridge, NJ, c/o Peter Van Brugh Livingston, NY. He regrets receiving only one letter since the death of his wife, Mary (nickname Molly) Livingston, and hearing about the death of his former brother-in-law William [Alexander] Livingston. William died in a duel at a Continental Army camp in later summer 1780.

Author/Creator

John Brown

Recipient

Susan Livingston, later Susan Kean and Susan Ursin Niemcewicz (1759-1833)

Creation Date

12-23-1780

Document Type

Manuscript

Collection

The Liberty Hall Collection consists of the correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and other manuscript material of the Livingston and Kean families, dated from 1739-1847. The bulk of the collection is related to Susan Livingston Kean Niemcewicz (1759-1833). The Livingston and Kean families frequently corresponded and held accounts with other prominent colonial and early American families in New Jersey, especially Elizabeth-Town, Philadelphia, New York City, upstate New York, England, France, and Poland. A small portion of the collection includes correspondence with early Virginia families, unrelated to the Livingston and Kean families.

Inventory Location

Bay 1, Column 1, LHC Series 2

Rights

This collection is open to the public for research use. Copyright remains with Kean University. Credit this material. Personal photographs may be made for research purposes. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Lynette Zimmerman, Executive Director at the Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall at lzimmerm@kean.edu.

Publishing Repository

Special Collections Research Library and Archives, Kean University

John Brown to Susan Livingston, December 23, 1780

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