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Henry Brockholst Livingston……Hey, Where’s my musical?

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. Brockholst Livingston, 1757-1823

Wartime aide-de-camp to George Washington?
Involvement with Aaron Burr?
Fatal Duel in New Jersey?
No, it’s not the guy on the ten-dollar bill, founder of The NY Post, and subject of Broadway’s phenomenal hit.
It’s Henry Brockholst […]

By |September 18th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Henry Brockholst Livingston……Hey, Where’s my musical?
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BUSTED!! Librarian discovers the identities of two New York Law Institute statues !!

Post authored by Emily Moog

NYLI Research Librarian Emily Moog was reviewing 19th Century newspapers regarding its history when she discovered the identities of the two unknown busts residing in its reading room

They are James T. Brady and Francis Brockhoist Cutting !

 
James T. Brady bust currently at NYLI and painting by Joseph Alexander Ames, 1869, The […]

By |June 19th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on BUSTED!! Librarian discovers the identities of two New York Law Institute statues !!
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