Founding of Plattsburgh
He founded the town of Plattsburgh, New York, in 1788 and moved there in 1798 to continue practicing law. He was an originator of the Erie Canal, and was a regent of the State University of New York from 1791 until his death, in Plattsburgh, in 1807.
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