Presents the lives, deaths, and scandals involving the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, including John Adams, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson.

Profiles each of the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence, giving historical information about the colonies they represented. Includes the text of the Declaration and its history.

"Exerpted from The pioneer mothers of America, originally published in 1912"--Verso t.p.

This collection presents you with the biographies of fifty-eight individuals, some of them famous names, some forgotten men of the past, but all crucial in the accomplishment of a single object, the independence of the United State: 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 Cæsar Rodney Samuel Chase William Hooper Thomas Nelson James Smith Joseph Hewes John Adams George Washington Patrick Henry Declaration of Independence 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

Included: Samuel Adams, John Hancock, John Adams, Elbridge Gerry, Robert Treat Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Henry Lee, Benjamin Harrison, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Thomas Nelson, George Wythe, carter Braxton, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross, John Witherspoon, Richard Stockton, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark, Philip Livingston, Lewis Morris, William Floyd, Francis Lewis, Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott, Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery, Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton, Charles Carroll, Thomas Stone, William Paca, Samuel Chase, Caesar Rodney, Thomas McKean, George Read, William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Arthur Middleton, Edward Rutledge, Thomas Lynch, Jr., Lyman Hall, Button Guinnett, George Walton.