For Robert R. Livingston, 1746-1813. N.Y. provincial convention, 1775; Continental Congress, 1775-77, 1779-81; one of committee to draft the Declaration of Independence. Sec. of Foreign Affairs, 1781-83. Administered oath to Washington, first president, 1789. Appointed minister to France by Jefferson, 1801-04. Partner of Robert Fulton in constructing first steamboat.