LIVINGSTON PHILIP Document Signed Phil Livingston petition w

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SIGNER'S PETITION FOR PRIVATEER COMMISSION LIVINGSTON, PHILIP. Document Signed, "Phil. Livingston," petition with James Jauncey to Governor James De Lancey, requesting to be granted a commission for the schooner America. Countersigned by James Jouncey. 1 page, 12½x8 inches; moderate scattered foxing, faint dampstaining at right and upper edges, minor loss to upper right corner, horizontal folds. New York, 5 October 1758

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"The Petition . . . Humbly Sheweth That your Petitioners have fitted out the Schooner called America, Burthen Forty Tons Mounted with ten Guns and Manned with twenty five Men to be Commanded by Baltus Kip, with a View to Attack, Seize and take any Ships, Vessels or Effects of the enemy . . . ."