The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . rupulous within the limits of the law,and eager above all things to amass money and lands ... a patient,time-serving politician who made his wealth useful to the govern-ment in ways which eventually increased it for himself. This was the Livingston who first introduced Captain Kidd,the so-called pirate, to Governor Bellomont. That hethought highly of Kidd, throws some light on his ownpowers of judging men. In
The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . rupulous within the limits of the law,and eager above all things to amass money and lands ... a patient,time-serving politician who made his wealth useful to the govern-ment in ways which eventually increased it for himself. This was the Livingston who first introduced Captain Kidd,the so-called pirate, to Governor Bellomont. That hethought highly of Kidd, throws some light on his ownpowers of judging men. In 1686, Governor Dongan erected into the manor ofLivingston 160,000 acres of land in Dutchess Countywhich Livingston had acquired from the Indians, andfor which he was to pay an annual quit-rent of twenty-eightshillings. This became a source of wealth to the manydistinguished descendants of Robert Livingston. The Illustration Is from a photograph (lent by The 269 Houghton Mifflin Company) of the painting owned byMrs. Daniel Manning, of Albany. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 42, page Van Rensselaers History of the City of New York, 1909, Volume 2. 270. ROBERT LIVINGSTON1654-1728 (271) THE NEW YOKKPUBLIC LIBRARY James Logan, secretary to William Penn, was born,20 October, 1674, at Lurgan, in Ireland, where his father,Patrick Logan, , of East Lothian, had come to teacha school. He had. In 1671, given up the faith of his dis-tinguished family to become a Quaker. Mrs. Patrick Loganwas Isabel, daughter of James Hume. The son knew muchof Greek, Latin, and Hebrew at thirteen; later became ateacher, under his father. In a school In London, where helived until 1697. He then turned to commerce. In Londonand at Bristol. While in Bristol, in 1699, he agreed toaccompany Penn to America, where he married, lived pros-perously, and died, 31 December, 1751, at his fine home,Stenton, in Germantown. He married, 9 December,1714, Sarah, daughter of Charles and Amy (
Size: 1342px × 1863px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorboltonch, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookyear1921
