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Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence

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Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence

by Benson John Lossing

English· 12:28:11· 80 chapters
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
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Preface

    03:52
  2. Chapter 2

    Introduction

    09:07
  3. Chapter 3

    New Hampshire, Josiah Bartlett

    08:09
  4. Chapter 4

    New Hampshire, William Whipple

    06:05
  5. Chapter 5

    New Hampshire, Matthew Thornton

    04:38
  6. Chapter 6

    Massachusetts, John Hancock

    10:30
  7. Chapter 7

    Massachusetts, John Adams

    12:52
  8. Chapter 8

    Massachusetts, Samuel Adams

    05:56
  9. Chapter 9

    Massachusetts, Robert Treat Paine

    04:34
  10. Chapter 10

    Rhode Island, Elbridge Gerry

    06:57
  11. Chapter 11

    Rhode Island, Stephen Hopkins

    05:07
  12. Chapter 12

    Rhode Island, William Ellery

    05:24
  13. Chapter 13

    Connecticut, Roger Sherman

    05:16
  14. Chapter 14

    Connecticut, Samuel Huntington

    04:54
  15. Chapter 15

    Connecticut, William Williams

    05:49
  16. Chapter 16

    Connecticut, Oliver Wolcott

    08:45
  17. Chapter 17

    New York, William Floyd

    08:41
  18. Chapter 18

    New York, Philip Livingston

    09:09
  19. Chapter 19

    New York, Francis Lewis

    04:56
  20. Chapter 20

    New York, Lewis Morris

    06:46
  21. Chapter 21

    New Jersey, Richard Stockton

    05:41
  22. Chapter 22

    New Jersey, John Witherspoon

    05:53
  23. Chapter 23

    New Jersey, Francis Hopkinson

    03:31
  24. Chapter 24

    New Jersey, John Hart

    03:44
  25. Chapter 25

    New Jersey, Abraham Clark

    04:45
  26. Chapter 26

    Pennsylvania, Robert Morris

    07:44
  27. Chapter 27

    Pennsylvania, Benjamin Rush

    07:58
  28. Chapter 28

    Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin

    12:16
  29. Chapter 29

    Pennsylvania, John Morton

    03:48
  30. Chapter 30

    Pennsylvania, George Clymer

    07:35
  31. Chapter 31

    Pennsylvania, John Smith

    06:22
  32. Chapter 32

    Pennsylvania, George Taylor

    03:45
  33. Chapter 33

    Pennsylvania, James Wilson

    06:27
  34. Chapter 34

    Pennsylvania, George Ross

    04:06
  35. Chapter 35

    Delaware, Caesar Rodney

    07:16
  36. Chapter 36

    Delaware, George Read

    05:47
  37. Chapter 37

    Delaware, Thomas McKean

    08:03
  38. Chapter 38

    Maryland, Samuel Chase

    06:47
  39. Chapter 39

    Maryland, Thomas Stone

    05:15
  40. Chapter 40

    Maryland, William Paca

    05:07
  41. Chapter 41

    Maryland, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton

    09:17
  42. Chapter 42

    Virginia, George Wythe

    06:45
  43. Chapter 43

    Virginia, Richard Henry Lee

    13:10
  44. Chapter 44

    Virginia, Thomas Jefferson

    17:49
  45. Chapter 45

    Virginia, Benjamin Harrison

    07:24
  46. Chapter 46

    Virginia, Thomas Nelson, Jr.

    09:46
  47. Chapter 47

    Virginia, Francis Lightfoot Lee

    05:08
  48. Chapter 48

    Virginia, Carter Braxton

    08:13
  49. Chapter 49

    North Carolina, William Hooper

    08:32
  50. Chapter 50

    North Carolina, Joseph Hewes

    04:44
  51. Chapter 51

    North Carolina, John Penn

    06:20
  52. Chapter 52

    South Carolina, Edward Rutledge

    07:17
  53. Chapter 53

    South Carolina, Thomas Heyward, Jr.

    06:54
  54. Chapter 54

    South Carolina, Thomas Lynch, Jr.

    06:53
  55. Chapter 55

    South Carolina, Arthur Middleton

    07:17
  56. Chapter 56

    Georgia, Button Gwinnett

    06:55
  57. Chapter 57

    Georgia, Lyman Hall

    09:10
  58. Chapter 58

    Georgia, George Walton

    08:51
  59. Chapter 59

    Robert R. Livingston

    09:31
  60. Chapter 60

    The Declaration of Independence, historically considered

    22:38
  61. Chapter 61

    The Declaration of Independence, draft submission

    19:03
  62. Chapter 62

    The Declaration of Independence, historically considered, continued

    18:12
  63. Chapter 63

    Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, I - V

    15:12
  64. Chapter 64

    Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, VI - X

    13:10
  65. Chapter 65

    Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XI - XVI

    13:22
  66. Chapter 66

    Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XVII - XX

    14:03
  67. Chapter 67

    Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XXI - XXIV

    12:22
  68. Chapter 68

    Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XXV - XXVII

    13:02
  69. Chapter 69

    The Declaration of Independence, historically considered, conclusion

    05:47
  70. Chapter 70

    Articles of Confederation

    05:47
  71. Chapter 71

    Articles of Confederation, continued

    22:45
  72. Chapter 72

    Articles of Confederation, conclusion

    06:44
  73. Chapter 73

    The Federal Constitution

    20:58
  74. Chapter 74

    The Federal Constitution, Article I

    31:53
  75. Chapter 75

    The Federal Constitution, Article II and III

    27:44
  76. Chapter 76

    The Federal Constitution, Article IV, V, VI, VII

    10:01
  77. Chapter 77

    The Federal Constitution, Amendments

    13:52
  78. Chapter 78

    The Federal Constitution, conclusion

    09:51
  79. Chapter 79

    The Stamp Act

    28:17
  80. Chapter 80

    Names of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention

    04:15