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Searching for Emily Evans Livingston
When you visit Clermont, one of the first things you learn is that Alice Livingston was the matriarch of Clermont from 1906 to her death in 1964. Some twenty years younger than her husband, Alice was actually John Henry Livingston\’s third wife. See below in the Documents of the Assembly of the State of New…
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Aid For Tall Men Sought By Mc Vitty
Today we have a guest author for the blog. Rex McVitty, husband of Honoria Livingston, wrote this article for his Florida newspaper after trying to test drive a car in 1959. Rex McVitty (Right) and Honoria Livingston I can’t very well remember any time in my life, that I wasn’t conscious of being too tall.…
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Do Not Expose Yourself Needlessly
Margaret Beekman Livingston, a real person Margaret Beekman Livingston was a strong woman. There is no denying that. She raised ten children, nine of whom turned out pretty well. She was known as a competent business woman, running her massive estate for twenty-five years after the unexpected death of her husband, Judge Robert Livingston. When…
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The Chancellor and the Ditch
The First Lord of Livingston Manor 2017 marks the bicentennial of the beginning of construction of the Erie Canal. It was the canal that turned New York into the Empire State. Of course, it took a long time to arrive at the first shovel of dirt. In fact, Robert Livingston, First Lord of Livingston Manor…
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How to Blow Up a Gunpowder Mill
I recently received a few letters I had requested from the Gilder Lehrman Center and immediately answered a question that has nagged me for years. We know that in late 1775 the mill exploded. But why? I mean, yes, it was a gunpowder mill and if you make it right, gunpowder will explode. But…
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An insatiable Ambition devours the Chancellor: Robert Livingston, John Jay, A Treaty, An Election and the Death of a Founding Friendship
Robert R. Livingston\”Insatiable\” Chancellor Robert R. Livingston could be a powerful and influential friend to have. Unfortunately, it was very easy to earn the man’s enmity. As a result, Livingston retained few friends for long periods of time. His three most significant friends from before the Revolution were Richard Montgomery, Gouverneur Morris and John Jay.…
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A Bicycle Comes to Maizeland
Two servants in the Maizeland household support baby KayTimpson on a bicycle, while grandfather John HenryLivingston looks on. c. 1903 I was doing some research for a project on the importance of bicycles to turn-of-the-century American women, when I came across these pictures in the recently-donated Katharine Livingston Timpson collection. They\’re fabulous pictures for all…
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From Our Fellow Bloggers:Gatehouses of the Hudson River District
Our friend and neighbor Conrad Hanson has compiled a list of gatehouses in the area surrounding Clermont. In the late nineteenth century, the riverside was populated with Livingston relations, friends, and people from their wider social circle. As they they flowed from house to house on summer visits, these gatehouses formed part of their landscape,…
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2017 Calendar of Events
February 22 Wednesday 11 am-1 pm Winter Break Playday!: Celebrate winter break and Presidents Day at Clermont! Old fashion hot chocolate making, historic crafts, and snowman building (weather permitting) Parents must accompany children throughout the event. Ages 5-11 Kids are free, adults $5. March 19 Sunday 1 pm Scuttlebutt and Scandals…
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Alice and Katharine–What\'s Their Deal?
So it is a known fact at Clermont that Alice Delafield Clarkson\’s dad Howard was close friends with her eventual husband John Henry Livingston. The two men lived just a few miles apart, and they were distant cousins in the way that so many Hudson Valley elites were at that time. Alice and John Henry…
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