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Jay, John 1817-1894
Diplomatist; born in New York City, June 23, 1817; graduated at Columbia nd member of the State civil service in 1883. Mr. Jay was a prominent abolitionist and author of a 9, he was sent to Spain to negotiate a loan.
Mr. Jay was one of the commissioners for negotiating government under the national Constitution.
Mr. Jay was associated with Hamilton and Madison in w tively as The Federalist.
Washington appointed Jay the first chief-justice of the Supreme Court of firmation of the Senate, Washington nominated Mr. Jay (April 16), which nomination was confirmed Ap ord, N. Y., May 17, 1829.
See Ames, Fisher.
Jay's treaty.
After Mr. Jay's formal reception iMr. Jay's formal reception in London, Lord Grenville, then at the head of foreign affairs, expressed great anxiety to bring the ise to adjust these two important difficulties, Jay thought it best to yield, temporarily, other co h flag was trailed in the dust of the streets.
Jay was denounced as a traitor; and in Virginia dis
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jay , William 1789 -1858 (search)
Jay, William 1789-1858
Jurist; born in New York City, June 16, 1789; son of John Jay; graduated at Yale in 1807; appointed judge of the court of common pleas in 1818; reappointed under the new constitution in 1822; served till 1843, when he was superseded on account of his antislavery views.
He is the author of Life of John Jay; A view of the action of the federal government in behalf of slavery; War and peace, in which he suggested that international disputes should be settled by arbitrat1789; son of John Jay; graduated at Yale in 1807; appointed judge of the court of common pleas in 1818; reappointed under the new constitution in 1822; served till 1843, when he was superseded on account of his antislavery views.
He is the author of Life of John Jay; A view of the action of the federal government in behalf of slavery; War and peace, in which he suggested that international disputes should be settled by arbitration; The Mexican War, etc. He died in Bedford, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1858.
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Lewis, Morgan 1754-1844
Jurist; born in New York City, Oct. 16, 1754; son of Francis Lewis; graduated at Princeton in 1773.
He studied law with John Jay, and joined the army at Cambridge in June, 1775.
He was on the staff of General Gates with the rank of colonel in January, 1776, and soon afterwards became quartermaster-general of the Northern army.
He was active during the war, and at its close was admitted to the bar, and practised in Dutchess county, N. Y. He was a judge of the court of common pleas and of the superior court of the State in 1792, being, the year before, attorney-general.
He was chief-justice in 1801, and governor from 1804 to 1807.
In 1812 he was appointed quartermastergeneral with the rank of brigadier-general, and was promoted to major-general in 1813.
He was active on the Niagara frontier in 1814, and was placed in command of the defenses of the city of New York.
After the war he devoted himself to literature and agriculture.
In 1832 he delivered th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Livingston , Brockholst 1757 - (search)
Livingston, Brockholst 1757-
Jurist; born in New York City, Nov. 26, 1757; graduated at Princeton in 1774; served in the Revolutionary War until 1779, attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
In that year he was appointed private secretary to John Jay, who represented the United States in Europe.
After the war he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1783, and in 1806 was appointed an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.
He served until his death, in Washington, D. C., March 19, 1823.
Livingston, Edward
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Livingston , Henry Brockholst 1757 -1823 (search)
Livingston, Henry Brockholst 1757-1823
Jurist; born in New York City, Nov. 26, 1757; son of Gov. William Livingston, of New Jersey; was attached to the staff of General Schuyler in 1776, and afterwards to that of General Arnold, and was a participant in the capture of Burgoyne.
He was promoted to colonel.
In 1779 he accompanied John Jay to the Spanish Court as his private secretary, and on his return he studied law, and became eminent in his profession.
In January, 1802, he was made judge of the Supreme Court of New York.
He died in Washington, March 19, 1823.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Livingston , Philip 1716 - (search)
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