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John R. Livingston
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John R. Livingston (1755-1851), the brother of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston, was an active New York merchant for fifty years. He spent most of the Revolutionary War years in Boston. At that time, he was business partners with his second cousin, Walter Livingston, and John B. Church. He developed John R. Livingston & Co., a textile firm, in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1793.
Mentioned
- Keep, Austin Baxter. History of the New York Society Library, pp. 152, 161, 162
- King, Marion. Books and People: Five Decades of New York's Oldest Library, pp.
- Monaghan, Frank. This was New York, the Nation's Capital in 1789, pp.
| Date Out | Text | Vol | Size | Date In | Rep | Fines | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/23/1789 | An. Un. Hist | 4 | 8vo. | 12/14/1789 | E. Livingston | 139 | |
| 12/14/1789 | " con | 4 | 8vo. | 01/08/1790 | 8d | 139 | |
| 01/13/1790 | Postlethwaites Dictionary | 1 | Folio. | 02/08/1790 | 139 | ||
| 02/10/1790 | Potters Aeschylus | 4to. | 03/03/1790 | E. Livingston | 139 | ||
| 03/03/1790 | Origin of Laws | 2 | 8vo. | 04/02/1790 | E.L. | 139 | |
| 04/02/1790 | " con | 8vo. | 04/28/1790 | " | 139 | ||
| 04/07/1790 | Savarys Egypt | 2 | 12mo. | 04/28/1790 | 139 | ||
| 04/28/1790 | Ela | 8vo. | 04/30/1790 | E.L. | 139 | ||
| 05/14/1790 | Swinburnes travels | 1 | 8vo. | 05/24/1790 | 139 | ||
| 05/24/1790 | " | 2 | 06/25/1790 | 139 | |||
| 07/03/1790 | Public happenings | 2 | 12mo. | 07/20/1790 | E.L. | 139 | |
| 02/04/1791 | Benyowskys travels | 2 | 02/22/1791 | 139 | |||
| 02/22/1791 | Valliants Travels | 03/07/1791 | 139 | ||||
| 06/24/1791 | Bruce Travels | 2 | 08/08/1791 | 2s | 139 | ||
| 08/08/1791 | " | 3 | 09/14/1791 | 1s/6p | 139 | ||
| 09/23/1791 | Hon Somerville | 1 | 09/24/1791 | 139 | |||
| 09/24/1791 | " | 2 | 09/26/1791 | 139 | |||
| 09/26/1791 | " | 3 | 09/27/1791 | 139 | |||
| 09/27/1791 | " | 4 | 09/29/1791 | 139 | |||
| 10/01/1791 | Features from life | 1 | 10/05/1791 | 139 | |||
| 10/05/1791 | Bonze | 1 | 10/10/1791 | P.R. Living | 139 | ||
| 10/10/1791 | Features from life | 2 | 10/13/1791 | 139 | |||
| 10/13/1791 | Geo Bateman | 1 | 10/15/1791 | 139 | |||
| 11/19/1791 | Juliet Grenville | 1 | 11/19/1791 | 139 | |||
| 12/09/1791 | Romance life | 1 | 12/14/1791 | 139 |
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