A Biographical Sketch of Robert R. Livingston. Read Before the N. Y. Historical Society, October 3, 1876
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This statue, which has been pronounced by competent judges one of the finest in the collection, is in bronze, and of colossal size. The Chancellor is represented stand- ino- erect, his form mantled bv his robe of office, which falls in graceful folds from his broad shoulders. The right hand bears a scroll inscribed " Louisiana," Chancellor Livingston. 27 suggestive of his great diplomatic achievement, which secured for the United States the immense area of territory now comprised within the bou...ndaries of the six States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, and Kansas. . Few men have enjoyed in so large a degree the confidence of their countrymen, and fewer still have been more actively engaged in events of greater im- portance to the world at large. His well-poised judgment furnished him an uner- ring guide in both public and private affairs, lifting him above the ordinary weaknesses of the multitude, and he was alike distinguished for his probity and his wisdom. After a most useful, active and patriotic career, he passed from this life on the 26th of February, 181 3, at his seat at Clermont, in the sixty-sixth year of his age.
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