Next Plaquemines Historical Association Meeting to Hear of Local Historical Resident from 200 Years Ago

Edward Livingston, resident and owner of the St. Sophie Plantation in Phoenix, was the mayor of New York City, author of Louisiana’s 1825 Civil Code, a close friend of President Andrew Jackson and Jean Lafitte, a Louisiana State Representative, US Secretary of State and an Ambassador to France. He was the brother of Robert Livingston, one of the negotiators of the Louisiana Purchase with France…