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French-American architect

Joseph-François Mangin was born on June 10, 1758, in Dompaire,^[1] in the Vosges region of France. He was a French-American architect who is noted for designing New York City Hall and St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in New York City.

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He died in 1818 in Madrid, St Lawrence County, New York.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Joseph-François Mangin was born in 1758 in the Vosges region of France, the son of Jean-Baptiste François Mangin (1724-1772), the king's surgeon, and Marie Anne Milot (1731-1804), both from Dompaire.

He left Dompaire around 1773 to study at a high school in Nancy, where he graduated in 1777.^[2] He then studied law at the University of Nancy, graduating in 1781.^[3]

After working for a few years as a lawyer near Nancy, Mangin decided to move to Saint-Domingue (today known as Haiti), hoping to make a fortune.

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