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Philip Livingston (January 15, 1716 – June 12, 1778) was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and slave trader from New York City.
Aug 11, 2023 · Philip Livingston was a merchant, politician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence from New York. He also participated in the Stamp Act Congress, First Continental Congress, and Second Continental Congress.
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Feb 18, 2020 · Philip Livingston was a Merchant in New York, New York and a delegate to the Continental Congress. He was also among the fifty-six founding fathers to sign the Declaration of Independence. Public domain image. Philip Livingston was born on January 15, 1716 in Albany, New York.
Nov 11, 2023 · Philip Livingston (January 15, 1716 - June 12, 1778) was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress for New York who signed the Declaration of Independence. Although Philip was born into an influential family and received a good education, he did not inherit his father's wealth.
Philip Livingston was a member of the wealthy and politically important Hudson River Livingston family. He was born January 15, 1716 at Albany, NY, the son of Philip Livingston (the second Lord of the Manor described below) and Catharine Van Brugh.
Philip Livingston was a New York merchant, alderman, and delegate to the Continental Congress. He supported the Declaration of Independence and the new Constitution for New York State, and died in 1778.
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LIVINGSTON, PHILIP. (1716–1778). Signer. New York. Born in Albany, New York, on 15 January 1716, Philip Livingston graduated from Yale in 1737 and became an importer in New York City.
