Exploring The Legacies Of Everyone Who Lived And Worked At Clermont
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“He Let His Fancy Rove Unchecked” How the Ratification of the Constitution in New York Played Out in the Newspapers
After the Constitutional Convention created the new constitution in 1787 it was up to the states to ratify the document so that it could be put into effect. They had decided that once nine states had ratified the document it would become the law of the land. By the time the New York Convention met…
Janet Montgomery Spills the Tea
Forebear Predicted Revolution by Rex McVitty October 11, 1965 Today we read another article by Rex McVitty in which he quotes from Janet Livingston Montgomery’s remembrances, as recorded by her niece with a little bit of editing by Rex. Janet Montgomery lived now with her real parents at Clermont and she was enjoying life with…
The Livingstons at the Met
Whenever I visit museums or cultural institutions, I like to play a game called “Find the Livingston.” It’s an extraordinarily easy game to play in the northeast, because there are so many Livingston descendants and so many of them have been generous in their institutional giving. Between monetary donations and family heirlooms, you’re hard pressed not to find a portrait, a gift, or name emblazoned…
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