Henry Livingston, Jr.

About Henry Livingston, Jr.

Henry Livingston, Jr. may have written the poem known as 'A Visit from St. Nicholas', although more popularly (after its first line) as 'The Night Before Christmas', which is generally attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. This famous Christmas poem first appeared in the Troy Sentinel. Livingston was occupied with poetry and drawings for his friends and family, some of which ended up in the pages of New York Magazine and the Poughkeepsie Journal. Although he signed his drawings, his poetry was usually anonymous or signed simply, 'R'.
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1819 New Year's Carrier's Address by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
A Tenant of Mrs. Van Kleeck by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
Acknowledgement by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
Acrostic -- Eliza Hughes by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
An Elegy on the Death of Montgomery Tappen by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
Apostrophe by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
Careless Philosopher's Soliloquy by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
Catharine Breese Livingston by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
Dialogue by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
Epithalamium: A Marriage Poem by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
Hiding Place by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
Letter Sent to Master Timmy Dwight by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
On my Sister Joanna's Entrance into Her 33rd Year by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
The Crane & The Fox, a Fable by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
The Dance by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
The IX Ode to Horace by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
The Procession by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
The Vine & Oak, A Fable by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
To My Little Niece Anne Duyckinck by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
To My Little Niece Sally Livingston by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
To the Memory of Henry Welles Livingston by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
To the Memory of Sarah Livingston by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.

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