Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
An American in Florence.

A noteworthy incident in Florence,
Italy, every pleasant day, is the appear
ance on the fashionable drives of the
team of a former resident of New York.
| From the high box of large open car
riage an old gentleman of fine appear
ance, slightly gray, guides with great
skill through the narrow and crowded
streets his team of ten, twelve, and some
times fourteen horses. These have rich,
gOld-mOunted harness, are all bright bay
IN color, and are matched with the great
est care. Back of the gentleman who
drives sit with folded arms two foOtmen
in handsome livery.
The owner and driver is Henry Brock
hoist Livingston. His father, Brockholst
Livingston, was staff officer in the
Revolutionary Army, afterward Judge
of the Supreme Court of New York
State, and later Justice of the Supreme
Court Of the United States. Brockholst
LiVingston's father, William Livingston.
in l776 was made Governor of New
Jersey, and continued in that position
until his death in 1890. Governor Iiv-
ingston was a grandson of the founder
of the American family, Robert Living
stOn, who received, by royal charter
from George l., grant Of land compris-
ing most of the present counties Of
Columbia and Duchess, and known as the
Livingston Manor. Henry Brockholst
is now somewhat over sixty years Of
age, and for thirty-fve years has lived
on the Continent of Europe. For nearly
twenty years he has made his home in
Florence. He married an Italian lady
of rank, but has been a WidOWer for
several years. Mr.. Livingston received
a liberal education and is an excellent
classical scholar. He inherited an am
pie fortune, and has never devoted him
self to any professional or business pur-
suit. In his youth he was fond of
athletic sports, and the passion of his
mature life seems to be the driving of
fine horses.
A relative who maintains a CORES
poudence with him and who knows him
intimately, said, recently: "The last
time saw Brockholst Livingston was
in Paris in 1S43, and am quite sure he
has not been in this country since that
year. He has lived in various places on
the Continent, but for many years has
resided in Florence. When saw him
last he was young man; tall, finely
formed, with straight Grecian features
and very handsome. He was a half
brother to the late Carroll and Anson
Livingston, and is an uncle to young
Carroll Livingston who is now in
Europe. The late Anson Livingston
formerly managed his American prop
erty, but he has gradually withdrawn
his money from this side and placed it
in European investments. de makes no
new investments here, preferring to
have his property nearer his home. He
is wealthy, fond of horses, and prides
himself on his skill as a whip. In his
letters he frequently refers to his driv-
ing team of dozen horses. Fondness
for horses and athletic sports is a trait in
the Livingston family. He is a careful,
provident man, and certainly not ex-
travagant, unless the keeping for pleas
ure of a dozen or more horses may be
considered an expensive habit. But.it
is his passion, and in Florence probably
not very costly one. Whenever his
relatives visit Florence he entertains
them at his home. He is distantly con-
nected with the Jay family, his grand
fathers sister having married Chief
Justice John Jay.