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	Robert Livingston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Livingston was the architect of the so-called Dongan Charter which established Albany as an early American city and ensured that its future would be different from that of the surrounding countryside.
		In the charter, Robert Livingston was appointed clerk of the city and county of Albany.
		In the decade that followed, Livingston was closely involved in enabling the overseas mercantile interests of his oldest son John and son-in-law Samuel Vetch and wanted for a surrogate in Albany until second son Philip came of age in 1707.
	www.nysm.nysed.gov /albany/bios/l/rlivingston94.html (1445 words)

	Robert Livingston (1746-1813) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert R. Livingston, (November 27, 1746 – February 26, 1813), of New York, was a delegate to the New York state constitutional convention and a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, although he was recalled by his state before he could sign it.
		Of the five figures standing in the center of John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence, Robert Livingston is depicted in the center of the committee of five presenting the draft Declaration to the Second Continental Congress.
		Robert R. Livingston was the eldest son of Judge Robert Livingston and Margaret Beekman Livingston.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Livingston_(1746-1813) (480 words)

	The Livingston Family
		Robert accompanied his father in his flight to Rotterdam, and immigrated to America in 1673, and after spending part of a year in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay colony, removed to Albany, N.Y. In Albany, Robert was secretary of the commissaries who superintended the affairs of Albany, Schenectady, and the parts adjacent, 1675-86.
		Robert Livingston was appointed to proceed to New York with his brother-in-law, Peter Schuyler, to obtain a charter for the manor from Governor Dougan, under which charter he was town clerk, 1686-1721.
		Bob is a direct descendent of Robert Livingston's son, Philip, the second Lord of Livingston Manor and Philip's son, Robert, the third Lord of the Manor.
	www.iment.com /maida/familytree/livingston/livingston.htm (2173 words)

	Robert Livingston
		Livingston was a member of the colonial assembly from the city and county of Albany in 1711, and after 1716 was returned from his manor till 1725, becoming speaker in 1718.
		Judge Livingston was appointed one of the trustees of the New York society library, on its reorganization in 1788, and was elected 2d vice president of the New York historical society on its organization in 1805.
		Livingston was an ardent patriot, and during the sessions of the Provincial congress that were held in New York in 1775 he was frequently called on to open the meetings with prayer.
	famousamericans.net /robertlivingston (6990 words)

	Colonial Hall: Biography of Philip Livingston, Page 1
		Philip Livingston was born at Albany, on the fifteenth of January, 1716.
		Livingston followed it with great ardor; and, having the advantage of an excellent education, and being distinguished for a more than ordinary share of integrity and sagacity, he was prosperous in an eminent degree.
		Livingston continued to be elected to this office for nine successive years, by his fellow citizens, to whom he gave great satisfaction, by his faithful attention to their interests.
	www.colonialhall.com /livingston/livingston.php (418 words)

	THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Robert R. Livingston was a prominent political figure in the early history of the United States.
		Livingston was a member of the New York Convention and was instrumental in the writing of the New York Constitution.
		Livingston was an avid agriculturalist and spent his last years in experimentation with techniques in agriculture.
	members.tripod.com /~jtlawson/index-5.html (220 words)

	Livingston Legacy
		Livingston, the 55-year-old Louisiana Republican who is poised to become the next Speaker of the House of Representatives, may officially be a man of the South.
		Livingston, the would-be Speaker, has not had much of a connection with the Hudson River Valley; he has only been here once, his sister said, and that was for a big family reunion at the Clermont State Historic Site in 1986.
		Livingston is aware - if perhaps a bit wary - of his family's history, having inherited boxes of family mementos and an oil portrait of their grandfather, said his sister, Carolyn Teaford, in a telephone interview from her home in New Orleans.
	www.clermontny.org /history/livingston.html (1565 words)

	ACU: Speakers Bureau: Robert Livingston
		Livingston was chosen to Chair the House Appropriations Committee, with jurisdiction over all discretionary expenditures (approximately $560 billion/year) in the federal government.
		Livingston continued to cut waste and duplication to meet the long term goal of continued balanced budgets, and rendered a federal government that is smaller, more efficient, less intrusive and fiscally solvent into the next century and beyond.
		Livingston is married to the former Bonnie Robichaux of Raceland, Louisiana, and they maintain residences in Metairie and in Alexandria, Virginia.
	www.conservative.org /pressroom/speakers/livingston.asp (475 words)

	Robert R. Livingston
		Livingston served from 1775 to 1777 in the Continental Congress, where he was one of the five drafters of the Declaration of Independence.
		From 1781 to 1783, as secretary of foreign affairs, Livingston transmitted news of European affairs to the Congress.
		Livingston's last years were spent experimenting with new agricultural techniques and raising sheep.
	www.aoc.gov /cc/art/nsh/livingston.cfm (241 words)

	Robert Livingston
		Livingston met with great success in the practice of his profession, and was appointed recorder of the city of New York by Governor William Tryon in 1773, but lost this office in 1775, owing to his active sympathy with the revolutionary spirit of the times.
		Livingston had previously been impressed with the advantage that was to be derived from the application of steam to navigation, and he obtained from the legislature of the state of New York the exclusive right to navigate its water-ways by steam power for twenty years.
		After his retire-meat from public service, Livingston devoted considerable time and attention to the subject of agriculture, and it was through his efforts that the use of gypsum for fertilizing purposes became general he was also the first to introduce the merino sheep into the farming communities west of Hudson river.
	www.robertlivingston.net (997 words)

	Today in History: November 27
		Livingston served on numerous committees in the Continental Congress, including the one that drafted the Declaration of Independence, helped draft New York's first constitution, and served as the minister to France at the time of the Louisiana Purchase.
		In June 1776, Livingston was one of five men—along with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Roger Sherman—appointed by the Continental Congress to draft the Declaration of Independence.
		Livingston served as America's minister to France at the turn of the nineteenth century under Thomas Jefferson, who instructed him to buy New Orleans and the Floridas from Napoleon.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/nov27.html (1223 words)

	Robert R. Livingston, Jr. The Reluctant Revolutionary
		Robert was a pawn in a political maneuver, and he served on the committee not because of his eloquence and erudition (which he had in good measure), but because he was a delegate from a colony that could not make up its mind.
		Robert was not only unprepared to share power with the hoi polloi, he was even more squeamish about submitting himself to their political judgment as a candidate for public office.
		Robert’s inevitable frustration at not receiving the recognition he thought he deserved soon began to express itself in behavior that was petty, foolish, transparent, and utterly self-defeating.
	www.ulster.net /~hrmm/steamboats/livingston/brandt.html (4243 words)

	Robert Livingston: Next Speaker of the House
		Livingston is a defense hawk who has fought for increased DOD funding, but also a budget hawk who believes in a smaller, less intrusive federal government.
		Livingston's record on support for science and technology issues is mixed; he generally supports NASA and NSF, while urging elimination of the Energy and Commerce Departments.
		In contrast to Gingrich, Livingston is expected to concentrate more on the day-to-day running of the House."I think I have good political instincts and understand politics is the art of the possible," he said recently.
	www.aip.org /fyi/1998/fyi98.166.htm (915 words)

	Robert Livingston
		Robert Livingston was born in the city of New York in 1746.
		Livingston became politically active in the era of the Stamp Act Revolt, and was probably (along with his brother, William), involved with the Sons of Liberty in New York.
		In 1801, President Jefferson appointed Robert Livingston resident minister at the court of Napoleon.
	www.ushistory.org /declaration/related/livingston_r.htm (318 words)

	Robert Livingston
		Livingston, R. Demystifying the nonconscious: Unintentional bias in society and the media.
		Livingston, R. and Brewer, M. (2002) What are we really priming?: Cue-based versus category-based processing of facial stimuli.
		Livingston, R. The role of perceived negativity in the moderation of African Americans' implicit and explicit racial attitudes.
	psych.wisc.edu /faculty/bio/NewLivingston.html (289 words)

	Robert R. Livingston, Hudson River Steamboats, and the Clermont Steamboat
		Livingston was a member of that extraordinary generation of American statesmen that included, among others, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, George Washington, and John Jay.
		Robert Livingston was a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence and was sent to France by Thomas Jefferson to negotiate the purchase of the Louisiana Territory.
		Invention, Robert R. Livingston liked to proclaim, is "my hobby horse." A founding member and president of the New York Society for the Promotion of Arts, Agriculture and Manufactures, he held U.S. Patents for a means of diminishing the friction of spindles on millstones and for manufacturing paper from river weed.
	www.ulster.net /~hrmm/steamboats/livingston.html (760 words)

	Robert Livingston
		Robert Livingston was the name of several men, many of whom were members of a prominent family that effectively ran New York throughout the colonial and Federal periods.
		Robert Livingston the Elder (1654 - 1728), New York colonial official, and first lord of Livingston Manor.
		Robert Livingston (1746-1813), a drafter of the Declaration of Independence
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ro/Robert_Livingston.html (107 words)

	In Memoriam: Robert Livingston, M.D., 1918-2002; Pioneered Human Brain Mapping
		Robert Livinston, M.D., described as "visionary" and a "revolutionary thinker", was founding chairman of the Department of Neurosciences at UCSD School of Medicine.
		Robert B. Livingston, M.D., founding chairman of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and a renowned scientist, activist and humanitarian who served as adviser to the Dalai Lama, died Friday, April 26 in UCSD's Thornton Hospital.
		Livingston is survived by his daughters Louise of Novato, CA; Dana in Paris, France, and Justyn, of Bend, OR.
	health.ucsd.edu /news/2002/04_30_Livingston.html (847 words)

	Livingston
		John Livingston married a daughter of Wemyss of Wemyss and was the founder of the Livingstons of Drumry and East Wemyss, but the line became extinct when Sir Robert Livingston was slain at Flodden Field in 1513.
		Beatrice Fleming, was the daughter of Robert Fleming, 1st Lord Fleming, who was a grandson of Robert Stuart, Duke of Albany and a great X 3 grandson of Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland.
		Livingston, The Livingstons of Callendar and The Livingstons of the Manor.
	robertsewell.tripod.com /bruce.html (4859 words)

	Robert Livingston Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Robert Livingston (1654-1728), colonial politician and landowner, was secretary for Indian affairs in New York province and greatly influenced British policy respecting western lands.
		Youngest son of an eminent Presbyterian pastor, Robert Livingston was born on Dec. 13, 1654, in Ancrum, Scotland.
		Livingston was elected from Albany to the New York Assembly in 1709 and after 1716 represented his own manor there.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/robert-livingston (457 words)

	Robert Livingston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Livingston the Elder (1654-1728) (middle initial, "R"), New York colonial official, and first lord of Livingston Manor.
		Robert Livingston the Younger (1663-1725), mayor of Albany
		Robert Livingston (1746-1813) (middle initial, "R"), of the Louisiana Purchase, "The Chancellor" was also a drafter of the Declaration of Independence
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Livingston (171 words)

	Account of a Declaration; Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Philip Livingston was born in Albany, New York, on the fifteenth of January, 1716.
		Livingston also served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and was active in securing its ratification in New Jersey afterward.
		Robert Morris was a man of wealth and integrity in Philadelphia during the revolutionary period.
	www.leftjustified.com /leftjust/lib/sc/ht/decl/gbioj-n.html (5424 words)

	Robert Livingston, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He was the son of James Livingston - who was the uncle of Albany's Robert Livingston.
		Margarita Schuyler - eldest daughter of Albany's first mayor, thus sealing a family alliance that began with the marriage of Robert Livingston to Margarita's aunt Alida Schuyler two decades earlier.
		home of Robert Livingston, by the mid-1700s the new couple had established their own first ward household.
	www.nysm.nysed.gov /albany/bios/l/rlivingstonjr.html (425 words)

	Robert Livingston Stevens Summary
		Robert Livingston Stevens regarded himself as a naval architect.
		Robert assisted his father in the construction of Little Juliana, a small steamboat driven by screw propellers that crossed the Hudson River in 1804.
		Robert Livingston Stevens (1787-1856) was the son of Colonel John Stevens.
	www.bookrags.com /Robert_Livingston_Stevens (653 words)

	Jamestown Livingstons
		It is entirely likely that James Livingston had additional children, one of whom is said to be the progenitor of the Livingston Family of Jamestown, New York.
		He is said, by good authorities, to have been a lineal descendant of Rev. John Livingston through the latter’s son James, who was also the father of Robert, “the nephew.” who came over at the invitation of his Uncle Robert, first lord of the manor of Livingston, an immense estate in Columbia county, New York.
		Livingston, taking up that study, mastered it and followed surveying and civil engineering from 1832 until 1883, over half a century, when not engaged in teaching or mercantile business.
	www.robertsewell.ca /living8.html (1374 words)

	Family of Robert Livingston
		This is the family of Robert Livingston, First Lord of the Manor (1654 - 1728), a younger son of {Reverend} John Livingston (1603 - 1672).
		Margaret Livingston (1738 - 1809); Peter and Margaret Livingston were 3rd cousins, their common ancestor being {Rev} John Livingson (1603 - 1672), father of Robert Livingston, 1st Lord of the Manor.
		Robert Fulton was a partner of Robert R.
	www.robertsewell.ca /living7.html (577 words)

	Biography: Robert B. Livingston
		In 1952 President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Livingston as the Scientific Director of the National Institute for Neurological Diseases.
		In the 1970s, Livingston was instrumental in developing some of the first 3-D images of the human brain.
		Livingston was active in several anti-nuclear weapons and peace organizations, including the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and in 1985 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /JFKlivingston.htm (1606 words)

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