Member of the Continental Congress 1775-76 & 1779-84.
Chancellor of the State of New York 1777-1801.
Educated at King's College, now Columbia University.
Helped to draw up the Declaration of Independance, which later his uncle,
Philip Livingston, signed.
U.S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs 1781-1783.
Minister to France 1801-04.
Negotiated the Louisiana Purchase.
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