The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Biographies

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This book will carry the reader back to the first principles, and point plainly and clearly to the land marks of 1776, as fixed by the signers of the declaration of our independence, and to rouse the patriot to a just sense of our blood-bought privileges and the necessity of preserving them pure and undefiled, has been the constant aim of the author. It presents biographies of fifty-eight individuals, all engaged in the accomplishment of a single object, the independence of the United State. The author has labored to be concise without being obscure, to inform the understanding without burdening the memory. He has introduced many apothegms, intending to improve the mind and mend the heart. The causes that led to the revolution, it's interesting progress, its happy termination and the formation of our federal government, are all amply delineated.

Table of Content:

Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

John Hancock

Benjamin Franklin

Roger Sherman

Edward Rutledge

Thomas M'Kean

Philip Livingston

George Wythe

Abraham Clark

Francis Lewis

Richard Stockton

Samuel Adams

Dr. Benjamin Rush

Oliver Wolcott

George Read

Thomas Heyward

Robert Morris

John Witherspoon

Thomas Lynch, Jr.

Matthew Thornton

William Floyd

William Whipple

Francis Hopkinson, Esq.

Josiah Bartlett

Arthur Middleton

James Wilson

Charles Carroll, of Carrollton

William Williams

Samuel Huntington

George Walton

Richard Henry Lee

Stephen Hopkins

Robert Treat Paine

George Taylor

Francis Lightfoot Lee

George Washington

Patrick Henry

Washington's Farewell Address

A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North America

Articles of Confederation

Constitution of the United States

The Declaration of Independence as originally written by Thomas Jefferson