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| 1735 births | |
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| 1807 deaths | |
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Platt was born in Huntington (Long Island), New York , and received an English education. He practiced law in Poughkeepsie, New York , and was a member of the Provincial Congress (1775-1777), Council of Safety (1777), State Senate (1777-1783), Continental Congress (1785 and 1786), Council Of Appointment (1778 and 1781). He was a Dutchess County judge from 1781-1795 and delegate to the state Constitutional Convention in 1788. 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 from 1791 until his death, in Plattsburgh, in 1807. REFERENCES |
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