Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence
by Benson John Lossing
About this book
Lossing's Biographical Sketches of the Signers contains short descriptions of the Lives of the Signers from this well-respected American historian. - Summary by progressingamerica
Chapters (80)
1Preface
2Introduction
3New Hampshire, Josiah Bartlett
4New Hampshire, William Whipple
5New Hampshire, Matthew Thornton
6Massachusetts, John Hancock
7Massachusetts, John Adams
8Massachusetts, Samuel Adams
9Massachusetts, Robert Treat Paine
10Rhode Island, Elbridge Gerry
11Rhode Island, Stephen Hopkins
12Rhode Island, William Ellery
13Connecticut, Roger Sherman
14Connecticut, Samuel Huntington
15Connecticut, William Williams
16Connecticut, Oliver Wolcott
17New York, William Floyd
18New York, Philip Livingston
19New York, Francis Lewis
20New York, Lewis Morris
21New Jersey, Richard Stockton
22New Jersey, John Witherspoon
23New Jersey, Francis Hopkinson
24New Jersey, John Hart
25New Jersey, Abraham Clark
26Pennsylvania, Robert Morris
27Pennsylvania, Benjamin Rush
28Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin
29Pennsylvania, John Morton
30Pennsylvania, George Clymer
31Pennsylvania, John Smith
32Pennsylvania, George Taylor
33Pennsylvania, James Wilson
34Pennsylvania, George Ross
35Delaware, Caesar Rodney
36Delaware, George Read
37Delaware, Thomas McKean
38Maryland, Samuel Chase
39Maryland, Thomas Stone
40Maryland, William Paca
41Maryland, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton
42Virginia, George Wythe
43Virginia, Richard Henry Lee
44Virginia, Thomas Jefferson
45Virginia, Benjamin Harrison
46Virginia, Thomas Nelson, Jr.
47Virginia, Francis Lightfoot Lee
48Virginia, Carter Braxton
49North Carolina, William Hooper
50North Carolina, Joseph Hewes
51North Carolina, John Penn
52South Carolina, Edward Rutledge
53South Carolina, Thomas Heyward, Jr.
54South Carolina, Thomas Lynch, Jr.
55South Carolina, Arthur Middleton
56Georgia, Button Gwinnett
57Georgia, Lyman Hall
58Georgia, George Walton
59Robert R. Livingston
60The Declaration of Independence, historically considered
61The Declaration of Independence, draft submission
62The Declaration of Independence, historically considered, continued
63Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, I - V
64Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, VI - X
65Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XI - XVI
66Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XVII - XX
67Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XXI - XXIV
68Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XXV - XXVII
69The Declaration of Independence, historically considered, conclusion
70Articles of Confederation
71Articles of Confederation, continued
72Articles of Confederation, conclusion
73The Federal Constitution
74The Federal Constitution, Article I
75The Federal Constitution, Article II and III
76The Federal Constitution, Article IV, V, VI, VII
77The Federal Constitution, Amendments
78The Federal Constitution, conclusion
79The Stamp Act
80Names of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
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