Franklin County, KY - Bios:  Brown, James
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James BROWN 4998, Franklin Co. 

Surname: Brown, Clay, Hart, Nicholas, Murray, Breckinridge, Shelby, Livingston

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Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. 
and J. A. & U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Reprinted 1968. Franklin County.

Honorable JAMES BROWN, a brother of the Honorable John Brown, was a distinguished 
lawyer in Kentucky, and a cotemporary [sic] at the bar of the Honorable Henry Clay, 
(both of whom married daughters of Colonel Thomas Hart), and also of George Nicholas, 
Mr. Murray, John Breckinridge, and others, and was distinguished, even in such 
competition, as an able lawyer and eloquent speaker. He was appointed first secretary 
of state of Governor Shelby. Upon the purchase of Louisiana, he removed to New Orleans, 
was associated with Mr. Livingston in the compilation of the civil code, was several 
times elected to the senate of the United States, and subsequently received the 
appointment of minister to France, in which capacity he resided many years in the 
city of Paris, admired for his ability as a diplomatist, and beloved for his munificient 
hospitality. He died in the city of Philadelphia in 1836.