The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . was born in the coun-ty of Longford, Irelaud, and was theson of James Clinton, who in turn wasthe son of William Clinton, one of themost devoted adherents of Charles Clin
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . was born in the coun-ty of Longford, Irelaud, and was theson of James Clinton, who in turn wasthe son of William Clinton, one of themost devoted adherents of Charles Clinton married, and in 1729,with his wife, his brother-in-law, twodaughters and one son, joined a partyof colonists, ninety-four in number,who sailed for America, and landedon Cape Cod. In the following spring• they removed to Ulster county. NewYork. Charles Clinton fought in theold French war, and was a justice ofthe peace and a judge of the commonpleas of his county. George Clintonwas gifted with an ambitious disposi-tion, was active and enterprising, andthough not averse to study, preferred a more excitinglife. In 1755 he ran away from home, and shipped onboard a privateer to fight the French; returning, heentered the regiment commanded by his father, andaccompanied the expedition Fort Frontenac,in which he showed great daring and the termination of hostilities, he entered the office. of Chief Justice William Smith, in the city of NewYork, to study law, and was in due time admittedto the bar, and began to practice law in his nativecounty. Here for several years he held the office ofclerk of common pleas, while he met with unusualsuccess in general practice. In 1768 Mr. Clintonwas elected a member of the New York assembly,and as the difficulty between the colonies and themother-country became serious, he grew to be recog-nized as one of the stanchest of patriots, so that inthe spring of 1775 he was elected one of the dele-gates to the second Continental
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