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Letter, 16 June 1888
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CA MUA MG 1022-2-1-246-0030
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(1864-1943)
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Colin Hamilton Livingstone was born on June 3, 1863 or 1864, in Saint John, New Brunswick.
He was an American banker and railroad executive. He attended McGill University (B.A., 1886). He was president of the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad, reorganized into the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad in 1911. He also served as a vice-president of the American National Bank, president of the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation in Alexandria, and Washington and Virginia Real Estate Company. He was an organizer of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910 and president of its national council for 15 years. Livingstone served as a secretary to Senator Stephen Benton Elkins of West Virginia as well as the secretary of the Interstate Commerce Committee of the U.S. Senate.
In 1889, he married Anna Louise van de Boe (1865–1937). He died on February 1, 1943, in Fishersville, Virginia.
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Letter from C.H. Livingstone to John William Dawson, written from New York.
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2211/149
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- Dawson, John William, Sir, 1820-1899 (Recipient)