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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 29 | 1 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Duane , James , 1733 -1797 (search)
Duane, James, 1733-1797
Jurist; born in New York City, Feb. 6, 1733; inherited a large estate at the site of Duanesburg, which he began to settle in 1765.
In 1759 he married a daughter of Col. Robert Livingston.
He became an active patriot in the Revolution; was a member of the first Continental Congress (1774); also in Congress from 1780 to 1782; was in the Provincial Convention of New York in 1776-77; and was on the committee to draft the first constitution of that State.
He returned to New York City in 1783, after the evacuation, and was the first mayor of that city after the Revolution.
In 1783-84 he was a member of the council and State Senator, and in 1788 was a member of the convention of New York that adopted the national Constitution.
From 1789 to 1794 he was United States district judge.
He died in Duanesburg, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1797.
Late in May, 1775, Judge Duane moved in Congress, in committee of the whole, the opening of negotiations in order to accommodate the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Livingston , Robert 1634 -1725 (search)
Livingston, Robert 1634-1725
Legislator; born in Ancrum, Scotland, Dec. 13, 1634; emigrated to America in 1673, first settling in Charlestown, Mass., and afterwards removing to Albany, N. Y. He possessed a bold, adventurous spirit, and was soon in public employment at Albany, where, in 1683, he married Alida, widow of Rev. Nicholas van Rensselaer, and daughter of Philip Pietersen van Schuyler.
She brought him considerable wealth, with which he purchased a large landed estate on the east ba nd eastward to the line between the States of New York and Massachusetts.
The area widened as it extended eastward, so that, on its eastern boundary, the tract was nearly 20 miles in width.
In 1686 Thomas Dongan, governor of New York, granted Livingston a patent for this domain, which comprised over 120,000 acres. It was the largest landed estate in the province, excepting that of Van Rensselaer.
Five or six thousand acres of it were purchased for the use of the palatines who came over with G
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Palatines. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schuyler , Peter 1710 -1762 (search)