 where they lived as refugees without income for seven years. When they came home, they found a devastated ruin. Philip Livingstone had all his great holdings in New York confiscated and his family driven out of their home. Livingstone died in 1778, still working in Congress for the cause. Lewis Morris, the fourth New York delegate, saw all his timber, crops, and livestock taken. For seven years, he was barred from his home and family.