Philip Livingston (January 15, 1716 – June 12, 1778) was an American merchant, politician and slave trader from New York City. He represented New York at the October 1774 First Continental Congress , where he favored imposing economic sanctions upon Great Britain as a way of pressuring the British Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts . [1]
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Philip Livingston (January 15, 1716 – June 12, 1778) was an American merchant, politician and slave trader from New York City. He represented New York at the October 1774 First Continental Congress , where he favored imposing economic sanctions upon Great Britain as a way of pressuring the British Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts . [1]
Philip Livingston was a successful merchant from Albany, New York. He is a Founding Father because he signed the Declaration of Independence and participated in key events that shaped the American Revolution, including the Stamp Act Congress, First Continental Congress, and Second Continental Congress.
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.
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.
Sacred to the memory of the honorable Philip Livingston, who died June 12, 1778, aged 63 years, while attending the Congress of the United States at York Town, Penna. as a delegate from New York. Eminently distinguished for his talents and rectitude, he deservedly enjoyed the confidence of his country, and the love and veneration of his friends ...
Philip Livingston was born in Albany, New York, on the fifteenth of January, 1716. He graduated at Yale College in 1737, and entered into mercantile business in the city of New York. He was a very successful businessman, and served his community as an alderman. In 1754 he attended the Colonial Convention at Albany.
Philip Livingston (15 Jan. 1716-12 June 1778), merchant and political leader, was born in Albany, New York, the son of Philip Livingston, a merchant and proprietor of "Livingston Manor," and Catrina Van Brugh. Livingston enjoyed the benefits of membership in one of New York's leading families.