Lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York (1746-1813) known as 'The Chancellor,' who was one of the five original drafters of the Declaration of Independence. He later served as U.S. minister to France, negotiating the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Scarce ALS, signed “Rob. R. Livingston,” one page, 7 x 8.5, 1798. Addressed from Clermont, New York, a handwritten letter to Samuel Jones, in part: “I have just rec’d a letter from my mother pressing me to apply for Mr. Scott's home if it is to be sold & if his widow does not wish to keep it. The state of her…makes her wish to remove from Queens Street to a nicer part of the town. She leaves the rent to your discretion as the house will be in careful hands. She supposes you can have no objections to let her have it. Be pleased sir to direct your answer by post to Mrs. Margaret B. Livingston Queen’s Street or as now called Pond Street as soon as convenient.” Matted and framed with an engraved portrait bearing a facsimile signature to an overall size of 19.5 x 15.5. The consignor notes that the reverse bears Jones’s response, informing Livingston that he has no authority ‘to do anything with the house in which Mr Scott the late Secretary lived.’ In very good to fine condition, with some faint toning, and writing showing through from the back.
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