Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of Important Revolutionary Letters, the Unpublished Correspondence of Robert R. Livingston, First Chancellor of New York: To Be Sold Without Reserve or Restriction, by Order of the Owner, James R. Keane, of New York City, on Friday, January 25th, 1918, at 3: 00 O'clock in the Afternoon Robert R. Livingston, the Chancellor, was born in New York, in 1746. He graduated from King's College and studied law with William Smith, the historian. In 1773, he was admitted to the bar and for a short time was business partner with John J av who later became chief-justice of the United States. In 1776, Livingston was appointed delegate from New York to the Congress of 1776, and had the honor of serving on the committee which drafted the Declaration of Independence. On July 8, 1776, he took his seat in the Provincial Congress of New York, and was appointed one of the Committee to draw up the new state Constitution. He became the first Chancellor of New York 111 1777 and held that office until 1801. From 1781 to 1783, he ably filled the important office of Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and later occupied several important positions of trust both inthe state and the Federal government. He died at his home in Clermont. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.