An adventure into our past, for the sake of our future
John Dickinson (1732–1808) Statesman, political writer, soldier, and early constitutional thinker A Voice of Reason in a Revolutionary Age John Dickinson was born on November 8, 1732, at Crosiadore, his family’s plantation on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. When he was still a boy, the Dickinson family moved to Delaware, where he was educated at home by […]
Elbridge Gerry (1744 – 1814) Vice President, Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation from Massachusetts Elbridge Gerry, born July 17, 1744, in Marblehead, Massachusetts, was a successful merchant and influential statesman whose career spanned the Revolutionary era through the early Republic. Educated at Harvard College, he graduated in 1762 and […]
Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation & the Continental Association from Massachusetts Samuel Adams, one of the most influential voices behind American independence, was born on September 22, 1722, in Quincy, Massachusetts, into a large and respected Puritan family. He was the eldest of twelve children born to Samuel Adams Sr., a […]
Button Gwinnett Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia Early Life in England (c. 1732–1735 – 1760s) Button Gwinnett was born in Gloucestershire, England, around 1732–1735, the son of the Reverend Samuel Gwinnett and his wife, Anne. He was one of several children in a family with Welsh roots, and like many young men […]
John Morton Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania Early Life and Family Roots John Morton was born in 1725 in Ridley Township, in what was then Chester County, Pennsylvania. His life began under difficult circumstances—his father died the same year he was born, leaving his mother, Mary Archer Morton, to raise him. She […]
Richard Henry Lee was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and author of the “Lee Resolution”. Richard Henry Lee at a glance (1732–1794) If you know one “headline” about Richard Henry Lee, it’s this: he’s the Virginian who stood up in the Continental Congress and formally moved for independence—the famous June 7, 1776 resolution that […]
Benjamin Harrison was a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia Benjamin Harrison V Signer of the Declaration of Independence (Virginia) Benjamin Harrison V was one of Virginia’s most prominent Revolutionary-era leaders—a wealthy planter, seasoned legislator, and a man known for both his political influence and his booming sense of humor. Though he came […]
