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It was founded through a bequest by Captain Robert Richard Randall, who upon his death in , left a stipulation in his will that the....
Robert Richard Randall
For other people of the same name, see Robert Randall.
Robert Richard Randall was a sea captain in life, and, after his death in New York City on June 5, 1801, an important philanthropist, caring for thousands of retired seafarers.
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Life
Captain Robert Richard Randall was born in New Jersey in 1750.[1]
Randall's father, Captain Tom Randall, emigrated from Scotland in the 1740s,[2] and was a privateer who amassed an extremely large estate.
He was a member of the Committee of 51 which enforced the boycott of British goods up to the American Revolution. He was also a shareholder in the Tontine Coffee House, was one of the original 12 members of the New York Chamber of Commerce, and served as Vice Counsel to China.[3] Captain Randall served as coxswain for the boat that carried George Washington from Elizabethtown, New Jersey to Lower Manhattan for his first inauguration.[4] After Captain Tom retired from sailin