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Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence

Benson John Lossing (1813 - 1891)

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

Genre(s): War & Military, Political Science, Early Modern

Language: English

Keyword(s): American history (69), american revolution (27), Constitution (19), Thomas Jefferson (14), Benjamin Franklin (13), john adams (6), founding fathers (4), declaration of indepence (1), sam adams (1), john hancock (1)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Preface	LuellaMargaret	00:03:52
Play 02	Introduction	LuellaMargaret	00:09:07
Play 03	New Hampshire, Josiah Bartlett	LuellaMargaret	00:08:09
Play 04	New Hampshire, William Whipple	LuellaMargaret	00:06:05
Play 05	New Hampshire, Matthew Thornton	LuellaMargaret	00:04:38
Play 06	Massachusetts, John Hancock	LuellaMargaret	00:10:30
Play 07	Massachusetts, John Adams	LuellaMargaret	00:12:52
Play 08	Massachusetts, Samuel Adams	Brian Mumford	00:05:56
Play 09	Massachusetts, Robert Treat Paine	Brian Mumford	00:04:34
Play 10	Rhode Island, Elbridge Gerry	Marianne Wallin	00:06:57
Play 11	Rhode Island, Stephen Hopkins	Marianne Wallin	00:05:07
Play 12	Rhode Island, William Ellery	Marianne Wallin	00:05:24
Play 13	Connecticut, Roger Sherman	Gpolum	00:05:16
Play 14	Connecticut, Samuel Huntington	Gpolum	00:04:54
Play 15	Connecticut, William Williams	Gpolum	00:05:49
Play 16	Connecticut, Oliver Wolcott	Gpolum	00:08:45
Play 17	New York, William Floyd	brenda8mac	00:08:41
Play 18	New York, Philip Livingston	brenda8mac	00:09:09
Play 19	New York, Francis Lewis	brenda8mac	00:04:56
Play 20	New York, Lewis Morris	brenda8mac	00:06:46
Play 21	New Jersey, Richard Stockton	Brian Mumford	00:05:41
Play 22	New Jersey, John Witherspoon	Brian Mumford	00:05:53
Play 23	New Jersey, Francis Hopkinson	Brian Mumford	00:03:31
Play 24	New Jersey, John Hart	Brian Mumford	00:03:44
Play 25	New Jersey, Abraham Clark	Brian Mumford	00:04:45
Play 26	Pennsylvania, Robert Morris	Brian Mumford	00:07:44
Play 27	Pennsylvania, Benjamin Rush	Brian Mumford	00:07:58
Play 28	Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin	Brian Mumford	00:12:16
Play 29	Pennsylvania, John Morton	Brian Mumford	00:03:48
Play 30	Pennsylvania, George Clymer	Brian Mumford	00:07:35
Play 31	Pennsylvania, John Smith	Brian Mumford	00:06:22
Play 32	Pennsylvania, George Taylor	Brian Mumford	00:03:45
Play 33	Pennsylvania, James Wilson	Brian Mumford	00:06:27
Play 34	Pennsylvania, George Ross	Brian Mumford	00:04:06
Play 35	Delaware, Caesar Rodney	Brian Mumford	00:07:16
Play 36	Delaware, George Read	Brian Mumford	00:05:47
Play 37	Delaware, Thomas McKean	Sophia Kaushik	00:08:03
Play 38	Maryland, Samuel Chase	Sophia Kaushik	00:06:47
Play 39	Maryland, Thomas Stone	Sophia Kaushik	00:05:15
Play 40	Maryland, William Paca	Sophia Kaushik	00:05:07
Play 41	Maryland, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton	Sophia Kaushik	00:09:17
Play 42	Virginia, George Wythe	Sophia Kaushik	00:06:45
Play 43	Virginia, Richard Henry Lee	Sophia Kaushik	00:13:10
Play 44	Virginia, Thomas Jefferson	Rita Boutros	00:17:49
Play 45	Virginia, Benjamin Harrison	Rita Boutros	00:07:24
Play 46	Virginia, Thomas Nelson, Jr.	Rita Boutros	00:09:46
Play 47	Virginia, Francis Lightfoot Lee	Rita Boutros	00:05:08
Play 48	Virginia, Carter Braxton	Rita Boutros	00:08:13
Play 49	North Carolina, William Hooper	Gpolum	00:08:32
Play 50	North Carolina, Joseph Hewes	Gpolum	00:04:44
Play 51	North Carolina, John Penn	Gpolum	00:06:20
Play 52	South Carolina, Edward Rutledge	bilwelvox	00:07:17
Play 53	South Carolina, Thomas Heyward, Jr.	bilwelvox	00:06:54
Play 54	South Carolina, Thomas Lynch, Jr.	bilwelvox	00:06:53
Play 55	South Carolina, Arthur Middleton	bilwelvox	00:07:17
Play 56	Georgia, Button Gwinnett	Rita Boutros	00:06:55
Play 57	Georgia, Lyman Hall	Rita Boutros	00:09:10
Play 58	Georgia, George Walton	Rita Boutros	00:08:51
Play 59	Robert R. Livingston	bilwelvox	00:09:31
Play 60	The Declaration of Independence, historically considered	Rita Boutros	00:22:38
Play 61	The Declaration of Independence, draft submission	Rita Boutros	00:19:03
Play 62	The Declaration of Independence, historically considered, continued	Rita Boutros	00:18:12
Play 63	Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, I - V	Gpolum	00:15:12
Play 64	Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, VI - X	Gpolum	00:13:10
Play 65	Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XI - XVI	Gpolum	00:13:22
Play 66	Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XVII - XX	Gpolum	00:14:03
Play 67	Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XXI - XXIV	Gpolum	00:12:22
Play 68	Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XXV - XXVII	Gpolum	00:13:02
Play 69	The Declaration of Independence, historically considered, conclusion	Sophia Kaushik	00:05:47
Play 70	Articles of Confederation	tshoes76	00:05:47
Play 71	Articles of Confederation, continued	tshoes76	00:22:45
Play 72	Articles of Confederation, conclusion	tshoes76	00:06:44
Play 73	The Federal Constitution	brenda8mac	00:20:58
Play 74	The Federal Constitution, Article I	brenda8mac	00:31:53
Play 75	The Federal Constitution, Article II and III	brenda8mac	00:27:44
Play 76	The Federal Constitution, Article IV, V, VI, VII	brenda8mac	00:10:01
Play 77	The Federal Constitution, Amendments	brenda8mac	00:13:52
Play 78	The Federal Constitution, conclusion	brenda8mac	00:09:51
Play 79	The Stamp Act	Owler	00:28:17
Play 80	Names of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention	Stacey Malcolm	00:04:15

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