L. Carroll Judson

CONTENTS.

ADVERTISEMENT.

PREFACE.

Declaration of Independence, BY THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF

BIOGRAPHY.

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.

GEORGE CLYMER.

CARTER BRAXTON.

JOHN MORTON.

RICHARD HENRY LEE.

STEPHEN HOPKINS.

ROBERT TREAT PAINE.

GEORGE TAYLOR.

FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE.

THOMAS STONE.

LEWIS MORRIS.

JOHN HART.

BUTTON GWINNETT.

WILLIAM ELLERY.

LYMAN HALL.

JOHN PENN.

ELBRIDGE GERRY.

WILLIAM PACA.

GEORGE ROSS.

BENJAMIN HARRISON.

CAESAR RODNEY.

SAMUEL CHASE.

WILLIAM HOOPER.

THOMAS NELSON.

JAMES SMITH.

JOSEPH HEWES.

JOHN ADAMS.

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

PATRICK HENRY.

APPENDIX.

WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.

IN CONGRESS, Philadelphia, July 5, 1775. A DECLARATION

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION.

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.

Transcriber's Notes

Transcriber’s Note: Cover created by Transcriber and placed in the Public Domain.

A BIOGRAPHY
OF THE
SIGNERS
OF THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
AND OF
WASHINGTON AND PATRICK HENRY.

WITH
AN APPENDIX,
CONTAINING THE
Constitution of the United States
AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.

BY L. CARROLL JUDSON,
A MEMBER OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAR.

“The proper study of mankind is man.”

PHILADELPHIA:
J. DOBSON, AND THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO.
1839.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, A. D. 1839, by Timothy Caldwell, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

E. G. DORSEY, PRINTER,
LIBRARY STREET.