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Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip "the
Signer" Livingston and "Governor" William Livingston
… was a prominent merchant in New
York, a Whig and strong opponent of the Stamp Act and other British
taxation. He was president of the first provincial congress and one of the
original trustees of the College of New Jersey (Princeton). His privateering
ventures during the French and Indian war made brought him a large fortune.
Peter Van Brugh Livingston married Mary Alexander, a sister of Lord
Stirling, and they had …
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