Friends & Fellow Citizens

#107: Philip Livingston (NY) - A Businessman Who Founded the Useful and Ornamental

October 10, 2022 Sherman Tylawsky
Friends & Fellow Citizens
#107: Philip Livingston (NY) - A Businessman Who Founded the Useful and Ornamental
Show Notes

When Philip Livingston helped found the New York Society Library in 1754, he wanted to create an institution that was "useful as well as ornamental." To what extent do we see that type of ambition in today's society? Learn how this Livingston family member played a role in the signing of the Declaration of Independence and his contributions to other leaders in the American Revolution.

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