Last name | Troupe |
First name | Robert |
Display name | Robert Troup |
Other names | Robert Troupe |
Birth date | 1756 |
Death date | 1832 |
Birth place | New Jersey |
Death place | New York City |
Gender | m |
Affiliations | New York State, New York Manumission Society |
Bio notes | American soldier, lawyer, and jurist. Member of New York State Assembly (1786), served as Clerk of Court of the District of New York (1789-1796), Judge in the District of New York (1796-1798). Appointed general agent managing the Pultney Estate in 1801. Close friend of Alexander Hamilton and founding member of the New York Manumission Society, although he owned slaves. Friend and correspondant of Thomas Eddy, lived in Geneva. |
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