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div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the law professor, see <a href="/wiki/James_Joseph_Duane" title="James Joseph Duane">James Joseph Duane</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/James_Duane_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="James Duane (disambiguation)">James Duane (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">James Duane</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Duane_-_John_Trumbull.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/James_Duane_-_John_Trumbull.jpg/220px-James_Duane_-_John_Trumbull.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/James_Duane_-_John_Trumbull.jpg/330px-James_Duane_-_John_Trumbull.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/James_Duane_-_John_Trumbull.jpg/440px-James_Duane_-_John_Trumbull.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1209" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">portrait by <a href="/wiki/John_Trumbull" title="John Trumbull">John Trumbull</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="United States District Court for the District of New York">United States District Court for the District of New York</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 26, 1789&#160;–&#32;March 17, 1794</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_George_Washington" title="List of federal judges appointed by George Washington">George Washington</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Seat established by 1 Stat. 73</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Laurance" title="John Laurance">John Laurance</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Mayors_of_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayors of New York City">44th Mayor of New York City</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1784–1789</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Mathews" title="David Mathews">David Mathews</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Varick" title="Richard Varick">Richard Varick</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1733-02-06</span>)</span>February 6, 1733<br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">Province of New York</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/British_America" title="British America">British America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 1, 1797<span style="display:none">(1797-02-01)</span> (aged&#160;63)<br /><a href="/wiki/Schenectady,_New_York" title="Schenectady, New York">Schenectady</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Christ Episcopal Church<br /><a href="/wiki/Duanesburg,_New_York" title="Duanesburg, New York">Duanesburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=James_Duane&amp;params=42.76896_N_74.15517_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°46′08″N</span> <span class="longitude">74°09′19″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">&#xfeff; / &#xfeff;</span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.76896°N 74.15517°W</span><span style="display:none">&#xfeff; / <span class="geo">42.76896; -74.15517</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Duane" title="Anthony Duane">Anthony Duane</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_Livingston_(1708%E2%80%931790)" title="Robert Livingston (1708–1790)">Robert Livingston</a> (guardian) (father)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Featherstonhaugh_Jr." title="George W. Featherstonhaugh Jr.">George W. Featherstonhaugh Jr.</a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/James_Chatham_Duane" title="James Chatham Duane">James Chatham Duane</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>James Duane</b> (February 6, 1733 – February 1, 1797) was an American <a href="/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States" title="Founding Fathers of the United States">Founding Father</a>, attorney, jurist, and <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary</a> leader from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>. He served as a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/First_Continental_Congress" title="First Continental Congress">First Continental Congress</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" title="Second Continental Congress">Second Continental Congress</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Confederation" title="Congress of the Confederation">Congress of the Confederation</a>, a New York state senator, the 44th <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_New_York_City" title="Mayor of New York City">Mayor of New York City</a>, the 1st post-colonial Mayor of New York City and a <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_judge" title="United States federal judge">United States district judge</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="United States District Court for the District of New York">United States District Court for the District of New York</a>. Duane was a signatory of the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Association" title="Continental Association">Continental Association</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation" title="Articles of Confederation">Articles of Confederation</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Duane&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_James_Duane.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Coat_of_Arms_of_James_Duane.svg/150px-Coat_of_Arms_of_James_Duane.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Coat_of_Arms_of_James_Duane.svg/225px-Coat_of_Arms_of_James_Duane.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Coat_of_Arms_of_James_Duane.svg/300px-Coat_of_Arms_of_James_Duane.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="467" /></a><figcaption>Coat of Arms of James Duane</figcaption></figure> <p>Duane was born on February 6, 1733, in New York City, in the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">Province of New York</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Duane" title="Anthony Duane">Anthony Duane</a> and his second wife, Althea Ketaltas. Anthony Duane was a <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestant</a> Irishman from <a href="/wiki/County_Galway" title="County Galway">County Galway</a> who first came to New York as an officer of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> in 1698. Duane's surname is from the Irish O'Dubhain. In 1702, Anthony Duane left the navy to marry Eva Benson, daughter of Dirck Benson, a local merchant. They had two sons, Abraham and Cornelius. Duane prospered and bought land for investment, rental, and future development. After his wife's death, Anthony married Althea Ketaltas (Hettletas), the daughter of a wealthy Dutch merchant.<sup id="cite_ref-Duane_finding_aid_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duane_finding_aid-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By the time of James' birth, his father had become a wealthy colonial settler.<sup id="cite_ref-g221_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g221-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Duane's mother died in 1736, and his father married a third time in 1741 to Margaret Riken (Rycken).<sup id="cite_ref-Duane_finding_aid_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duane_finding_aid-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> When Anthony died in 1747, James became the ward of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Livingston_(1708%E2%80%931790)" title="Robert Livingston (1708–1790)">Robert Livingston</a>, the 3rd Lord of <a href="/wiki/Livingston_Manor" title="Livingston Manor">Livingston Manor</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-nyhistory_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyhistory-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> where he completed his early education. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Duane&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Duane completed preparatory studies and <a href="/wiki/Reading_law" title="Reading law">read law</a> in 1754, with <a href="/wiki/James_Alexander_(lawyer)" title="James Alexander (lawyer)">James Alexander</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lamb2005_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lamb2005-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He had an impressive command of the law and was admitted to the bar on August 3, 1754.<sup id="cite_ref-hsnyct_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hsnyct-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He maintained a private practice in New York City from 1754 to 1762, when he became a clerk of the Chancery Court of New York.<sup id="cite_ref-FJC_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJC-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Duane was acting attorney general of the Province of New York in 1767<sup id="cite_ref-encnyc_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encnyc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and a boundary commissioner in 1768 (and again in 1784), before returning to private practice in New York City in 1774 and 1775. He was a delegate to the New York Convention which ratified the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">United States Constitution</a> in 1788.<sup id="cite_ref-CB_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CB-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Duane was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalist Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-encnyc_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encnyc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_practice_and_other_activities">Law practice and other activities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Duane&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Law practice and other activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Duane represented <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Church_(Manhattan)" title="Trinity Church (Manhattan)">Trinity Church</a> in the very protracted legal action brought by heirs of <a href="/wiki/Anneke_Esaiasdochter" title="Anneke Esaiasdochter">Anneke Jans</a>, who claimed that they, and not the church, were the lawful owners of much of lower <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, a tract which had been given to the church by the British crown.<sup id="cite_ref-streetbook_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-streetbook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the early 1770s, his practice earned him 1,400 pounds annually.<sup id="cite_ref-g221_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g221-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the height of his success, Duane had a house in Manhattan, one in the country, and an estate near <a href="/wiki/Schenectady,_New_York" title="Schenectady, New York">Schenectady</a>, New York, of 36,000 acres (15,000&#160;ha) and 253 tenants.<sup id="cite_ref-g221_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g221-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was a vestryman of Trinity Church, was appointed one of the church's nine trustees during a post-war crisis about the church's <a href="/wiki/Tory" title="Tory">Tory</a> leanings,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was also a trustee of <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Kings College</a>, the precursor to Columbia University.<sup id="cite_ref-encnyc_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encnyc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1761, Duane acquired from Gerardus Stuyvesant a farm known as <i>Krom Mesje</i> ("little crooked knife") in reference to a small brook that flowed into the <a href="/wiki/East_River" title="East River">East River</a>. He named it <a href="/wiki/Gramercy_Park" title="Gramercy Park">"Gramercy Seat"</a>. In addition to the farm, Duane also had a house on King Street (later changed to Pine Street).<sup id="cite_ref-valentine_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valentine-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1765, he was granted a <a href="/wiki/Land_patent" title="Land patent">patent for land</a> in <a href="/wiki/Schenectady_County,_New_York" title="Schenectady County, New York">Schenectady County</a>, which became the township of <a href="/wiki/Duanesburg,_New_York" title="Duanesburg, New York">Duanesburg</a>. </p><p>With his boyhood friend <a href="/wiki/James_De_Lancey_(politician)" title="James De Lancey (politician)">James De Lancey</a>, Duane was one of the Socialborough Proprietors, holding an area obtained by grant in 1771 and located on both sides of Otter Creek in the present towns of <a href="/wiki/Pittsford,_Vermont" title="Pittsford, Vermont">Pittsford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rutland,_Vermont_micropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Rutland, Vermont micropolitan area">Rutland, Vermont</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Revolution">American Revolution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Duane&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: American Revolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Duane was politically conservative.<sup id="cite_ref-g221_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g221-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Until his marriage to Mary Livingston, he had been a member of <a href="/wiki/James_De_Lancey_(politician)" title="James De Lancey (politician)">James De Lancey</a>'s political faction,<sup id="cite_ref-encnyc_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encnyc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which opposed to the Crown's policies but did not endorse the use of mob violence to protest British measures. His efforts to support resistance in New York led to his being chosen with others to represent the Province of New York at the Congressional meetings in Philadelphia. He remained active in both capacities. </p><p>Duane was a delegate to the First Continental Congress held in Philadelphia during the autumn of 1774 in reaction to the British Navy's blockade of Boston Harbor and the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Intolerable_Acts" title="Intolerable Acts">Intolerable Acts</a> by Parliament in response to the December 1773 <a href="/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party" title="Boston Tea Party">Boston Tea Party</a>. He was one of the many who were most disposed to reconciliation with Britain and supported the <a href="/wiki/Galloway%27s_Plan_of_Union" title="Galloway&#39;s Plan of Union">Galloway Plan of Union</a>, which was rejected by the majority of the delegates. Upon his return to New York, he was named to the <i><a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Sixty" title="Committee of Sixty">Committee of Sixty</a></i>, a committee of inspection formed in the City and County of New York (Manhattan, New York City) in 1775, to enforce the Continental Association, a boycott of British goods enacted by the First Continental Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Provincial_Congress#Provincial_Convention_(Second_Continental_Congress)" title="New York Provincial Congress">Provincial Convention</a> held in New York City on April 20, 1775, where delegates were elected to the Second Continental Congress. It included the delegates to the First Congress as well as five new members. The scope of the Provincial Convention did not extend beyond electing delegates, who dispersed on April 22, the day before news of the <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord" title="Battles of Lexington and Concord">Battles of Lexington and Concord</a> arrived. The Second Continental Congress convened its first session on May 10. Duane served as a delegate from 1775 to 1781. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton</a>, an aide to General <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>, wrote Duane to ask him to get Congress to expedite supplies.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Committee of Sixty was replaced by a more representative <a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Sixty#Committee_of_One_Hundred" title="Committee of Sixty">Committee of One Hundred</a> on May 1, 1775. The Committee still considered itself loyal to the British Crown but was opposed to the laws of the Parliament of Great Britain, which it considered unconstitutional because the colonies had no representation in it. The Committee of One Hundred was officially replaced by the New York Provincial Congress which first convened on May 23, 1775. Despite initial reservations regarding independence, he later supported the <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_independence" title="Declaration of independence">Declaration of Independence</a>. Because of his service with the Provincial Congress, Duane was not in Philadelphia to sign the Declaration.<sup id="cite_ref-valentine_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valentine-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the British <a href="/wiki/History_of_New_York_City_(1665%E2%80%931783)" title="History of New York City (1665–1783)">occupied New York</a> in late summer 1776, he withdrew his wife and family to the relative safety of her father's home at Livingston Manor. He was a member of the New York Constitutional Convention which assembled at White Plains, New York, on Sunday evening, July 10, 1776, for the purpose of drafting a constitution to replace the colonial charter. </p><p>In July 1778 he signed the Articles of Confederation in Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-hsnyct_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hsnyct-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Duane was a member of the Congress of the Confederation from 1781 to 1783. He remained active as a political leader throughout the war and returned home to Gramercy Seat in 1783. He commented that his home looked "as if they had been inhabited by wild beasts".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_war_activities">Post war activities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Duane&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Post war activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_New_York_City" title="Mayor of New York City">Mayor of New York City</a> from 1784 to 1789,<sup id="cite_ref-FJC_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJC-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> appointed by the Council of Appointment.<sup id="cite_ref-g267_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g267-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As mayor, one of Duane's first acts was to donate to the poor the money usually spent on entertainment for his inauguration, about 20 guineas.<sup id="cite_ref-g267_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g267-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During his time in office, he strove to help the city revive itself after the damage done by the war and the British occupation, but he was unable to maintain the city's status as the capital of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-encnyc_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encnyc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As head of the Mayor's Court, he heard the landmark case of <i><a href="/wiki/Rutgers_v._Waddington" title="Rutgers v. Waddington">Rutgers v. Waddington</a></i>, handing down a <a href="/wiki/Judgement_of_Solomon" title="Judgement of Solomon">Solomonic decision</a> that pleased neither party. After he was called before the State Assembly to explain his thinking, he was censured by that body.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">New York State Senate</a> from 1782 to 1785, and from 1788 to 1790. In 1785, Duane was one of 32 prominent New Yorkers who met to create the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Manumission_Society" title="New York Manumission Society">New York Manumission Society</a>, which was intended to put pressure on the state of New York to abolish slavery, as every state in the north had done except New York and New Jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was chosen a member of the <a href="/wiki/Annapolis_Convention_(1786)" title="Annapolis Convention (1786)">Annapolis Convention</a> in 1786 but did not attend. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_judicial_service">Federal judicial service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Duane&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Federal judicial service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Duane was nominated by President George Washington on September 25, 1789, to the United States District Court for the District of New York, to a new seat authorized by 1&#160;<a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-1-73">73</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FJC_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJC-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> on September 25, 1789, and received his commission on September 26, 1789.<sup id="cite_ref-FJC_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJC-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He resigned on March 17, 1794, because of ill health.<sup id="cite_ref-FJC_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJC-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Duane&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mrs._James_Duane_(Mary_Livingston,_1738-1821).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mrs._James_Duane_%28Mary_Livingston%2C_1738-1821%29.jpg/220px-Mrs._James_Duane_%28Mary_Livingston%2C_1738-1821%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mrs._James_Duane_%28Mary_Livingston%2C_1738-1821%29.jpg/330px-Mrs._James_Duane_%28Mary_Livingston%2C_1738-1821%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mrs._James_Duane_%28Mary_Livingston%2C_1738-1821%29.jpg/440px-Mrs._James_Duane_%28Mary_Livingston%2C_1738-1821%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="609" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>Mary Livingston</figcaption></figure> <p>On October 21, 1759, Duane married Mary Livingston (1738–1821),<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the eldest living daughter of his former guardian <a href="/wiki/Robert_Livingston_(1708%E2%80%931790)" title="Robert Livingston (1708–1790)">Robert</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sewall_Genealogy_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sewall_Genealogy-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Their children were:<sup id="cite_ref-Johnson_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Mary Duane (b. 1762), who married Gen. <a href="/wiki/William_North" title="William North">William North</a> (1755–1836) on October 14, 1787<sup id="cite_ref-ChristChurch_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChristChurch-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Catharine L. Duane<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup></li> <li>Adelia Duane (1765–1860), who married merchant <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Sands_Pell" title="Alfred Sands Pell">Alfred Sands Pell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RLPObit1880_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RLPObit1880-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>James Chatham Duane (1769–1842), who married Mary Ann Bowers (1773–1828)<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cornelius Duane (1774–1781), who died young<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sarah Duane (1775–1828),<sup id="cite_ref-Dolan_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dolan-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> who married <a href="/wiki/George_William_Featherstonhaugh" title="George William Featherstonhaugh">George W. Featherstonhaugh</a> (1780–1866) on November 6, 1808<sup id="cite_ref-railroads_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-railroads-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Duane's grandchildren included <a href="/wiki/George_W._Featherstonhaugh_Jr." title="George W. Featherstonhaugh Jr.">George W. Featherstonhaugh Jr.</a> (1814–1900),<sup id="cite_ref-railroads_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-railroads-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Livingston_Pell" title="Robert Livingston Pell">Robert Livingston Pell</a> (1811–1880), James Duane Pell (1813–1881), George W. Pell (1820–1896), and Richard Montgomery Pell (1822–1882).<sup id="cite_ref-RLPObit1880_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RLPObit1880-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His great-grandchildren included Alfred Duane Pell (1864–1937) and <a href="/wiki/James_Chatham_Duane" title="James Chatham Duane">James Chatham Duane</a> (1824–1897).<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Duane&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Duane died on February 1, 1797, in <a href="/wiki/Duanesburg,_New_York" title="Duanesburg, New York">Duanesburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schenectady_County,_New_York" title="Schenectady County, New York">Schenectady County</a>, New York.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CB_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CB-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FJC_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJC-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was interred under Christ Church in Duanesburg.<sup id="cite_ref-CB_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CB-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Duane Street in Manhattan was named in his honor.<sup id="cite_ref-streetbook_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-streetbook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Duane Park, at the corner of Duane and Hudson streets is named for him.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Fire_Department" title="New York City Fire Department">Fire Department of New York</a> operated a <a href="/wiki/Fireboat" title="Fireboat">fireboat</a> named <a href="/wiki/James_Duane_(fireboat)" title="James Duane (fireboat)"><i>James Duane</i></a> from 1908 to 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-Marine1FdnyHistory_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marine1FdnyHistory-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The town of Duanesburg, New York, in the western part of <a href="/wiki/Schenectady_County,_New_York" title="Schenectady County, New York">Schenectady County</a>, is named for James Duane, who held most of it as an original land grant.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association presents the annual Judge James Duane Award upon "...a distinguished member of the bar who has carried on Judge Duane’s legacy of excellence in the practice of law, unwavering integrity, and a tireless commitment to the legal profession."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/James_Joseph_Duane" title="James Joseph Duane">James Joseph Duane</a>, an American law professor at the <a href="/wiki/Regent_University_School_of_Law" title="Regent University School of Law">Regent University School of Law</a>, is a living descendant of James Duane who has received online attention for his video lecture "Don't Talk To Police". </p><p>Ed Jewett portrayed Duane in the 2008 <i><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_(miniseries)" title="John Adams (miniseries)">John Adams</a></i> miniseries directed by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hooper" title="Tom Hooper">Tom Hooper</a>. He appeared in episode 2 "Independence." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Duane&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">He may have died in New York City, according to his Congressional Biography.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Duane&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Duane_finding_aid-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Duane_finding_aid_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Duane_finding_aid_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc14786.htm">"Finding aid to the Duane Family and Duanesburg Patent Land Papers, 1734–1835"</a>. New York State Library<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 16,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=dlib.nyu.edu&amp;rft.atitle=Guide+to+the+Duane+Family+Papers+1700-1945+MS+179&amp;rft.aulast=Dolan&amp;rft.aufirst=Megan&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdlib.nyu.edu%2Ffindingaids%2Fhtml%2Fnyhs%2Fduane%2Fbioghist.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Duane" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-railroads-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-railroads_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-railroads_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/railroads/alcohistory/">"Growing With Schenectady – American Locomotive Company"</a>. <i>The story of a century of locomotive building in Schenectady</i>. The Schenectady Digital History Archive. 1972<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 27,</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=The+story+of+a+century+of+locomotive+building+in+Schenectady&amp;rft.atitle=Growing+With+Schenectady+%E2%80%93+American+Locomotive+Company&amp;rft.date=1972&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.schenectadyhistory.org%2Frailroads%2Falcohistory%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Duane" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/duane-park">"Duane Park", New York City Department of Parks &amp; Recreation</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Marine1FdnyHistory-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Marine1FdnyHistory_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClarence_E._Meek1954" class="citation web cs1">Clarence E. Meek (July 1954). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://marine1fdny.com/fireboat_history_new.php">"Fireboats Through The Years"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 28,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Fireboats+Through+The+Years&amp;rft.date=1954-07&amp;rft.au=Clarence+E.+Meek&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmarine1fdny.com%2Ffireboat_history_new.php&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Duane" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Duanesburg Historical Society (2005). "Introduction". Duanesburg and Princetown. Images of America. Arthur Willis, Duanesburg, New York Town Historian; Irma Mastrean, Princetown, New York Town Historian. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 7–8. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7385-3803-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-7385-3803-5">0-7385-3803-5</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Colonial Laws of New York. James B. Lyon (State of New York). 1894. p. 383. Retrieved 2009-09-01.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ndnyfcba.org/annual-dinner-with-the-federal-judiciary-and-key-note-speaker-general-william-k-suter/">"Annual Dinner …", Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association, November 29, 2012</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Duane&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurrowsWallace1999" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Edwin_G._Burrows" title="Edwin G. Burrows">Burrows, Edwin G.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Wallace_(historian)" title="Mike Wallace (historian)">Wallace, Mike</a> (1999). <i><a href="/wiki/Gotham:_A_History_of_New_York_City_to_1898" title="Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898">Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898</a></i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-195-11634-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-195-11634-8"><bdi>0-195-11634-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Gotham%3A+A+History+of+New+York+City+to+1898&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&amp;rft.date=1999&amp;rft.isbn=0-195-11634-8&amp;rft.aulast=Burrows&amp;rft.aufirst=Edwin+G.&amp;rft.au=Wallace%2C+Mike&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Duane" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/duane/index.html">The Duane Family Papers 1700-1945 at the New York Historical Society</a></li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressD000508" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000508">"James Duane (id: D000508)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&amp;rft.atitle=James+Duane+%28id%3A+D000508%29&amp;rft.au=United+States+Congress&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DD000508&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Duane" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fjc.gov/node/1380206">James Duane</a> at the <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_Federal_Judges" title="Biographical Directory of Federal Judges">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></i>, a publication of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Judicial_Center" title="Federal Judicial Center">Federal Judicial Center</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050415200959/http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/earlycc/images/duane.htm">Portrait of James Duane</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlhous/250735939/">James Duane Historic Marker</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/gramercy-parks-amiable-hawk-gets-a-name/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;_r=0">Gramercy Park's Hawk Gets a Name</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2007/12/know-your-mayors-james-duane.html">Know Your Mayors</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Duane&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Alexander, Edward. <i>Revolutionary Conservative: James Duane of New York</i>; New York: AMS Press, 1978. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-404-00321-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-404-00321-4">0-404-00321-4</a>.</li> <li>Randall, Willard Sterne, 2011. <i>Ethan Allen: His Life and Times</i>, W.W. Norton &amp; Co., New York and London.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Duane&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aoh.com/2018/03/26/james-duane-the-irish-american-who-rebuild-new-york/">James Duane, The Irish American Who Rebuilt New York</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_Mathews" title="David Mathews">David Mathews</a></div> </td> <td 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href="/wiki/Peyton_Randolph" title="Peyton Randolph">Peyton Randolph</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New Hampshire</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Sullivan_(general)" title="John Sullivan (general)">John Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Folsom" title="Nathaniel Folsom">Nathaniel Folsom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Massachusetts Bay</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cushing" title="Thomas Cushing">Thomas Cushing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Adams" title="Samuel Adams">Samuel Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Treat_Paine" title="Robert Treat 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