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Gilbert Livingston (1742-1806) was a lawyer and legislator in New York State. He was a member of New York's Provincial Convention, 1775-1777; a delegate to the state's convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, 1788; and a member of the New York Assembly, representing Dutchess County, 1777-1778 and 1788-1789. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, legal documents, and land papers of Livingston, members of his family and his law clients; notes; and county records. Correspondence, 1760-1836, concerns legal, real estate, financial, and personal matters. Accounts, 1730-1840; legal documents, 1717-1862; and land papers, 1738-1813, similarly document the affairs of Livingston, his family and clients. Also included are notes on the debates held at the New York Constitutional Convention in 1788; and Dutchess County church, school and public records. less