Robert Livingston Tillotson (1786 - July 22, 1878 Rhinebeck

Rhinebeck (town), New York

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, Dutchess County, New York

Dutchess County, New York

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) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He was the son of Thomas Tillotson

Thomas Tillotson

Thomas Tillotson was an American physician and politician.-Life:He received a thorough education, studied medicine, and practiced. During the American Revolutionary War, he was commissioned First lieutenant in the Maryland Militia in 1776...

 and Margaret Livingston Tillotson.

He was Secretary of State of New York

Secretary of State of New York

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 from 1816 to 1817.

He was U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York

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 from 1819 to 1828. During his tenure, the Norwegian

Norway

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 sloop

Sloop

A sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....

 Restoration

Restauration (ship)

Restauration was a sloop built in 1801 in Hardanger, Norway. It became a symbol of Norwegian American immigration. Historical sources may contain several variations on the name of the sloop, including Restauration, Restoration, Restaurasjonen, and Restorasjon.-History:On what is considered the...

was seized by the port authorities upon its arrival at New York

Port of New York and New Jersey

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, and he filed the papers in the US District Court. The owners, Norwegian immigrants, got the ship released by a pardon signed by President John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

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.

Sources

• http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NORWAY/1999-05/0925640459 The seizure of the Restoration, at Rootsweb
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D04E1D9143EE73BBC4D51DFB1668383669FDE Obit notice, in NYT on July 25, 1878