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5 unusual facts about Richard Harison


George Duncan Ludlow

His daughter Frances Duncan Ludlow (1766–1797) was the second wife of Richard Harison.

Richard Harison

He married Maria Jones, and their son was George Folliott Harison (1776–1846), the namesake of "Harison's Yellow Rose".

In 1812, Harison again changed the name of his village, to "Malone," after Edmond Malone, an Irish Shakespearean scholar.

He graduated A.B. from King's College in 1764.

In 1789, Harison was appointed by President George Washington as the first United States Attorney for the District of New York.



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