 | New-York Historical Society - 1844 - 492 strani
...and Gates. It appears from his letters that he returned to Connecticut shortly after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, of which he was one of the signers, and it is probable that the statue was transported there at his instance, immediately after its destruction.... | |
 | Charles Campbell - 1847 - 220 strani
...introduced the resolution declaring the independence of the colonies, and on the 4th of July he reported the Declaration of Independence, of which he was one of the signers. He was four times returned a delegate to Congress from Virginia. After the expiration of his term of... | |
 | Henry Simpson - 1859 - 1170 strani
...June, 1776, he was appointed by Congress, on the committee with Thomas Jefferson and others, to prepare the Declaration of Independence, of which he was one of the signers. On the 14th September, 1778, Congress elected him Minister to France ; being the first regular appointment... | |
 | Henry Simpson - 1859 - 1186 strani
...June, 1776, he was appointed by Congress, on the committee with Thomas Jefferson and others, to prepare the Declaration of Independence, of which he was one of the signers. On the 14th September, 1778, Congress elected him Minister to France ; being the first regular appointment... | |
 | Francis Samuel Drake - 1872 - 1042 strani
...labored successfully to change the sentiment of Md., eo as to authorize him to vote, as he did, for the Declaration of Independence, of which he was one of the signers. He served with unwearied industry on many of the important committees of Congress. In 1 783, he was... | |
 | Francis Samuel Drake - 1876 - 1042 strani
...labored successfully to change the sentiment of Md., so as to authorize him to vote, as he did, for the •Declaration of Independence, of which he was •one of the signers. He served with unwearied industry on many of the important committees of Congress. In 1 783, he was... | |
 | Francis Samuel Drake - 1879 - 1042 strani
...labored successfully to change the sentiment of Md., so as to authorize him to vote, as he did, for the Declaration of Independence, of which he was one of the signers. He served with unwearied industry on many of the important committees of Congress. In 1 783, he was... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 362 strani
...of the gov-. ernor's council of safety; and, in 1776, a member of the committee appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence, of which he was one of the signers. LXVII. WILLIAM TELL. James Sheridan Knowles (b. 1784, d. 1862), a dramatist and actor, was born in... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1887 - 300 strani
...in 1757, on behalf of the Pennsylvania Assembly in its dispute with the proprietaries; his share in the Declaration of Independence — of -which he was one of the signers — and his residence in France as Embassador of the United Colonies, belong to the political history of the... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 816 strani
...1774 he was sent to the Continental congress. He took an active part in the discussion that preceded the Declaration of Independence, of which he was one of the signers, and remained a member of congress till 1777. On 12 June, 1776, he was appointed on the first board of war.... | |
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Hancock were the only patriots excepted from amnesty; and it was Gage's attempt to seize them — under government orders, and with London forecasts that their heads would soon adorn Temple Bar — that brought on the battle of Lexington and opened the... 
