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
Chapters (80)
1Preface
232
2Introduction
547
3New Hampshire, Josiah Bartlett
489
4New Hampshire, William Whipple
365
5New Hampshire, Matthew Thornton
278
6Massachusetts, John Hancock
630
7Massachusetts, John Adams
772
8Massachusetts, Samuel Adams
356
9Massachusetts, Robert Treat Paine
274
10Rhode Island, Elbridge Gerry
417
11Rhode Island, Stephen Hopkins
307
12Rhode Island, William Ellery
324
13Connecticut, Roger Sherman
316
14Connecticut, Samuel Huntington
294
15Connecticut, William Williams
349
16Connecticut, Oliver Wolcott
525
17New York, William Floyd
521
18New York, Philip Livingston
549
19New York, Francis Lewis
296
20New York, Lewis Morris
406
21New Jersey, Richard Stockton
341
22New Jersey, John Witherspoon
353
23New Jersey, Francis Hopkinson
211
24New Jersey, John Hart
224
25New Jersey, Abraham Clark
285
26Pennsylvania, Robert Morris
464
27Pennsylvania, Benjamin Rush
478
28Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin
736
29Pennsylvania, John Morton
228
30Pennsylvania, George Clymer
455
31Pennsylvania, John Smith
382
32Pennsylvania, George Taylor
225
33Pennsylvania, James Wilson
387
34Pennsylvania, George Ross
246
35Delaware, Caesar Rodney
436
36Delaware, George Read
347
37Delaware, Thomas McKean
483
38Maryland, Samuel Chase
407
39Maryland, Thomas Stone
315
40Maryland, William Paca
307
41Maryland, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton
557
42Virginia, George Wythe
405
43Virginia, Richard Henry Lee
790
44Virginia, Thomas Jefferson
1069
45Virginia, Benjamin Harrison
444
46Virginia, Thomas Nelson, Jr.
586
47Virginia, Francis Lightfoot Lee
308
48Virginia, Carter Braxton
493
49North Carolina, William Hooper
512
50North Carolina, Joseph Hewes
284
51North Carolina, John Penn
380
52South Carolina, Edward Rutledge
437
53South Carolina, Thomas Heyward, Jr.
414
54South Carolina, Thomas Lynch, Jr.
413
55South Carolina, Arthur Middleton
437
56Georgia, Button Gwinnett
415
57Georgia, Lyman Hall
550
58Georgia, George Walton
531
59Robert R. Livingston
571
60The Declaration of Independence, historically considered
1358
61The Declaration of Independence, draft submission
1143
62The Declaration of Independence, historically considered, continued
1092
63Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, I - V
912
64Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, VI - X
790
65Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XI - XVI
802
66Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XVII - XX
843
67Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XXI - XXIV
742
68Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XXV - XXVII
782
69The Declaration of Independence, historically considered, conclusion
347
70Articles of Confederation
347
71Articles of Confederation, continued
1365
72Articles of Confederation, conclusion
404
73The Federal Constitution
1258
74The Federal Constitution, Article I
1913
75The Federal Constitution, Article II and III
1664
76The Federal Constitution, Article IV, V, VI, VII
601
77The Federal Constitution, Amendments
832
78The Federal Constitution, conclusion
591
79The Stamp Act
1697
80Names of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
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