. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . ncial treasurer from 1884till 1887. He held office in the Taillon administra-tion from 25 to 27 1887. Mr. Robertson wasa delegate to England on public business in he entered public life he has represented Sher-brooke, and is a Liberal-Conservative. ROBERTSON, Robert Henderson, architect,b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 29 April, 1849. He waseducated at Rutgers college, studied architecture,and established himself in New York city. Amongmany buildings of his design are the Madison ave-nue Methodist church, St. Jamess Episcopal church,the
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . ncial treasurer from 1884till 1887. He held office in the Taillon administra-tion from 25 to 27 1887. Mr. Robertson wasa delegate to England on public business in he entered public life he has represented Sher-brooke, and is a Liberal-Conservative. ROBERTSON, Robert Henderson, architect,b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 29 April, 1849. He waseducated at Rutgers college, studied architecture,and established himself in New York city. Amongmany buildings of his design are the Madison ave-nue Methodist church, St. Jamess Episcopal church,the Young womens Christian association building,the Church of the Holy Spirit, Phillips Presbyte-rian church, the New York club building, the Rail-road mens building, St. Augustine chapel, Gracechapel, and the Mott Haven railroad station, all inNew York citv. ROBERTSON, Thomas Boiling governor of __ iiiisiana, b. near Petersburg, Va., in 1773; d. inWhite Sulphur Springs, Va., 5 Nov., 1828. He wasgraduated at William and Mary in 1807, became a Loui. lawyer, and removed to New Orleans on receiving:heappointment of secretary for the territory ofLouisiana. He was elected as the first congress-man from that stateby the was returned for the three sllnveding terms, serving from2:! 1S12. till1818, in which yearhe resigned his afterward hewas elected govern-or. Resuming prac-tice in New Orleanson the expiration ofhis term, he was soonmade attorney-gen-eral, and shortly af-terward appointedU. S. judge for the cdistrict of Louisiana. /While visiting Parisduring the last days of the empire,he wrote lettersto his family, which were published in the Rieh-mond Enquirer, and in book-form under thetitle of Events in Paris (Philadelphia, 1816).—His brother, John, jurist, b. near Petersburg. Va.,in 1787; d. in Mount Athos, Campbell co., Va., 5July. 1873, -was educated at William and Mary,studied law, was admitted to the bar, early gained agood position in his professi
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