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Gustavus Risberg in Philadelphia, PA wrote to Susan Kean, addressed to Elizabeth Town, NJ. Mr. Willing demanded a lowering of rent and that repairs be made to the house. The African-American woman remained on the estate and promised to pay back rents. Gustav hoped that war was to be averted as to avoid Peter needing to endure it. People included: Mr. Willing, Capt. Stiles, James Fisher, R. Bostock. Places included: Capt. Stiles Estate, Dayton House.
Author/Creator
Gustavus Risberg
Recipient
Susan Kean, formerly Susan Livingston and later Susan Ursin Niemcewicz (1759-1833)
Creation Date
6-10-1798
Document Type
Manuscript
Location
Philadelphia, PA
Inventory Location
Bay 1, Column 1, LHC Series 2
Recommended Citation
Risberg, Gustavus. Gustavus Risberg to Susan Kean, June 10, 1798. Manuscript. From Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University, Liberty Hall Collection 1790s. https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1790s/409
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 Archive, 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.