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...Your article states that Edward Cox's mother is descended from Robert R. Livingston "who signed the Declaration of Independence." Robert R. Livingston was one of five individuals chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, but he never signed it because he was called back to his home state of New York to aid in the drafting of that state's constitution...
...relative, Phillip Livingston, signed the Declaration...
Some in New York's Social Register set believe that the marriage is somehow vaguely morganatic. Eddie's mother, Anne Finch, is descended from Robert R. Livingston, who signed the Declaration of Independence, administered the oath of office to George Washington and was envoy to France in Napoleon's time. His statue stands in the Capitol's Statuary Hall. The other side of the argument is that the daughter of an American President does not marry up. In a meritocratic society, it is not convincing to suggest that the groom outranks the bride socially because of a forebear's accomplishments...
...Appeals-Letters from prisoners around the country come to HVD with fragmentary stories of what has happened to them and asking for help. A student writes up a report of what can be found out about the case and if sufficient merit is found, HVD's faculty advisor, Livingston Hall, Pound Professor of Law, contacts local counsel to whom the briefs and papers can be forwarded. When the research discloses no need to pursue the case, Hall writes the prisoner to inform him of HVD's decision...
...music had started and dozens of groups, including Pete Seeger and Livingston Taylor, entertained the crowd until dawn. About 50,000 stayed in the park overnight, and many of them are expected to remain in Washington for next week's actions...