Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island. Lawrence attended and graduated from Columbia College in 1818, and afterwards began to study law in Connecticut. He passed the bar in 1821, but before beginning his law career he traveled to Europe with his new wife for an extended vacation. After traveling in Europe for almost two years he returned to New York to open his law practice.
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t: He had been Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Rhode Island 1851-1852 and served in Rhode Island's constitutional convention.
His wife was the daughter of Archibald Gracie, a Scottish-born shipping magnate and early American businessman and merchant in New York City and Virginia, whose spacious home, Gracie Mansion, is now owned by the City of New York and serves as the official residence for each Mayor of New York City.
Contributor: Danjrus (46628123)
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t: He had been Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Rhode Island 1851-1852 and served in Rhode Island's constitutional convention.
His wife was the daughter of Archibald Gracie, a Scottish-born shipping magnate and early American businessman and merchant in New York City and Virginia, whose spacious home, Gracie Mansion, is now owned by the City of New York and serves as the official residence for each Mayor of New York City.
Contributor: Danjrus (46628123)
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island. Lawrence attended and graduated from Columbia College in 1818, and afterwards began to study law in Connecticut. He passed the bar in 1821, but before beginning his law career he traveled to Europe with his new wife for an extended vacation. After traveling in Europe for almost two years he returned to New York to open his law practice.
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t: He had been Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Rhode Island 1851-1852 and served in Rhode Island's constitutional convention.
His wife was the daughter of Archibald Gracie, a Scottish-born shipping magnate and early American businessman and merchant in New York City and Virginia, whose spacious home, Gracie Mansion, is now owned by the City of New York and serves as the official residence for each Mayor of New York City.
Contributor: Danjrus (46628123)
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t: He had been Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Rhode Island 1851-1852 and served in Rhode Island's constitutional convention.
His wife was the daughter of Archibald Gracie, a Scottish-born shipping magnate and early American businessman and merchant in New York City and Virginia, whose spacious home, Gracie Mansion, is now owned by the City of New York and serves as the official residence for each Mayor of New York City.
Contributor: Danjrus (46628123)
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William Beach Lawrence
son of Isaac and Cornelia Beach Lawrence
born October 23, 1800
died March 26, 1881
jurist, diplomat, statesman
(From Charles U. Powell and Alice H. Meigs (ed.) "Description of Private and Family Cemeteries in the Borough of Queens," Jamaica, NY: Office of the President of the Borough of Queens, Queens Borough Public Library, Long Island Collection, 1932, pp. 29)
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