April 30, 1803 saw Robert R. Livingston sign a treaty in Paris that allowed the United States to spend $15 million for what?
Robert R. Livingston (chancellor) the Declaration fo Independence. Following Thomas Jefferson's election as President of the United States, once Jefferson became President on March 4, 1801, he appointed Livingston U.S. Minister to France. Serving from 1801 to 1804, Livingston negotiated the Louisiana Purchase. After the signing of the Louisiana Purchase agreement in 1803, Livingston made this memorable statement: We have lived long but this is the noblest work of our whole lives ... The United States take rank this day among the first powers of the world. During his time as U.S. minister to France, Livingston met Robert Fulton, with whom he developed the
Robert R. Livingston (Palmer) Robert R. Livingston (Palmer) Robert R. Livingston is an 1875 bronze sculpture of Robert R. Livingston, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, executed by the New York born sculptor Erastus Dow Palmer. The state is installed in the United States Capitol, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. It is one of two statues donated by the state of New York. In 1873, after receiving the commission to create the Livingston statue, Palmer moved to Paris to work on the statue. This was a departure from the usual tendency of American artists of