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Gustav Risberg, Philadelphia, PA, wrote to Susan Kean, addressed to Elizabeth Town, NJ. Risberg hoped that Mr. Cogniac returned the piece of satin in good order. Dr. Rush wanted to construct a building that was on property claimed by Mrs. Kean, but the deed for the property was not present in the records office. Gustav requested that Susan furnish a copy of the deed to him to prevent the construction on her property. People included: Dr. Rush, Mr. Cogniac, Mr. Meade. Places included: Record's Office, Kean house Philadelphia.
Recipient
Susan Kean, formerly Susan Livingston and later Susan Ursin Niemcewicz (1759-1833)
Creation Date
6-7-1796
Document Type
Manuscript
Inventory Location
Bay 1, Column 1, LHC Series 2
Recommended Citation
Risberg, Gustavus. Gustav Risbert to Susan Kean, June 7, 1796. Manuscript. From Special Collections Research Library and Archives, Kean University, Liberty Hall Collection 1790s. https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1790s/367
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
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 to 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 wealthy, prominent, colonial, and early American families in New Jersey, especially Elizabethtown, 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. The collection includes second-hand accounts of enslaved people owned by the Kean and other families, offering a glimpse into their forced work and places of residence.