Tag: Charles Goodwin Ridgely

• Lafayette’s Visit to Clermont

  

  When President James Monroe invited the Marquis de Lafayette to visit America in 1824, he hoped a visit by the last major general of the American Revolution would spark patriotism in the American people. Lafayette saw it as a break from France, a break from the legislature, and a break from King Charles X, who…

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  September 16, 2024

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  1824, Charles Goodwin Ridgely, clermont, Edward Philip Livingston, Harriet Fulton, Henry Beekman Livingston, history, James Monroe, Lafayette’s return to America, Morgan Lewis, Robert L. Livingston, The Marquis de Lafayette

• Charles Goodwin Ridgely: Early American Naval Hero

  

  On December 1, 1822, Charles Goodwin Ridgely married Cornelia Louisiana Livingston in Clermont. Cornelia was the daughter of Margaret Maria Livingston, Chancellor Robert R. Livingston’s granddaughter. This meant that she was one of the most sought-after women in the young country. Marrying into the Livingston family was akin to marrying royalty. So, who was this…

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  June 11, 2023

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  Barbary Wat, Brazil Squadron, Chancellor Robert R. Livingston, Charles Goodwin Ridgely, Constellation, Cornelia Louisiana Livingston, Erie, Horatio Nelson, Pacific Fleet, War of 1812