The signers of the Declaration of Independence: a biographical and genealogical reference

From grocers to planters and lawyers, the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were a varied lot. This unique references recounts the lives of them all, focusing on their education, personal traits, and political careers and on the events that led them individually to take a stand for the c...

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1. Verfasser: Barthelmas, Della Gray (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, NC [u.a.] McFarland 1997
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Zusammenfassung:From grocers to planters and lawyers, the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were a varied lot. This unique references recounts the lives of them all, focusing on their education, personal traits, and political careers and on the events that led them individually to take a stand for the cause of independence. A narrative genealogical history provides names, birth and death dates, marriages, children and other details of each signer's ancestors
A portrait of each signer appears with a facsimile of his signature on the Declaration
Beschreibung:VI, 334 S. Ill.
ISBN:0786403187