Peter Van Brugh, Philip and William Livingston

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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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