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Stephen Bayard letters,1728-1743

Bayard, Stephen,1700-1757

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Abstract

Four letters from Stephen Bayard to Gilbert Livingston of Kingston, N.Y., and one to Evert Wendell of Albany, datedNewYorkbetween 1728 and 1743, before Bayard became mayor of the city. The correspondence is largely concerned with financial matters, especially debts Bayard wished to collect. One letter to Livingston is signed by both Stephen and Nicholas Bayard; another, dated December 6, 1731, mentionsnewgovernmental appointments inNewYorkandNewJersey and praises a grand jury charge by James De Lancey. ; Stephen Bayard was the mayor ofNewYorkfrom 1744 to 1747.

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