Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence: The Declaration Historically Considered; and a Sketch of the Leading Events Connected with the Adoption of the Articles of Confederation and of the Federal Constitution

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G. F. Cooledge & brother, 1848 - Constitutional history - 384 pages

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Contents

PREFACE
7
Josiah Bartlett
15
John Hancock
22
Cæsar Rodney
124
George Read
134
Thomas McKean
141
Samuel Chase
147
William Paca
155
Benjamin Harrison
177
Francis Lightfoot Lee
194
North Carolina
202
John Penn
209
Rhode Island
249
Elbridge Gerry
324
Francis Hopkinson
330
Pennsylvania
339

Virginia
162
Thomas Jefferson
171
Robert Morris
361
James Smith
371

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