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Robert Livingston

Robert Livingston

In 1781 he was appointed secretary of foreign affairs

elected to the Continental Congress in 1775

founding father of United States

an american lawyer

Robert Livingston

politician, lawyer, diplomat

universally known as “The Chancellor”

became member of the Committee of Five

helped New York draw up its new state constitution

 

Document Images courtesy of the Library of Congress under the Open Government License

The Committee of Five stands at the center of John Trumbull’s painting Declaration of Independence.John Trumbull

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