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Portrait of a Patriot

Get the spirit of '76

Does the name William Livingston ring a bell? Probably not. But in 1753, Livingston--a lawyer who led the New Jersey militia during the American Revolution and who became the state's first governor--masterfully articulated the 18th-century ideal of patriotism.

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