STORIES OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS
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Robert R. Livingston
"Robert R. Livingston was a native of the Empire State and one of the early and bold patriots who bearded the British lion and drove him from his lair of illegitimate power. He was an acute lawyer, a profound jurist, an able statesman. He was a member of Congress in 1776 and on the committee appointed to prepare the Declaration of Independence. He was Secretary of Foreign Affairs Minister to France and for a long time chancellor of the State of New York. He dignified every station he occupied, graced the walks of private life and made a peaceful exit from earth in 1813."
Source: The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson