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Declaration of Independence
WHEN, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with…
Abraham Clark
2 pages
Samuel Adams
2 pages
Josiah Bartlett
JOSIAH BARTLETT, Governor of New Hampshire, and the first from that State who signed the Declaration of Independence, was born in Amesbury…
Carter Braxton
CARTER BRAXTON was born in Newington, Virginia, on the 10th of September, 1736. His father was a wealthy planter, and his mother the…
Charles Carroll
4 pages
Samuel Chase
2 pages
George Clymer
GEORGE CLYMER was born in the city of Philadelphia, in 1739. His father emigrated from Bristol, in England, and became connected by…
William Ellery
WILLIAM ELLERY was born in Newport, Rhode Island, December 22d, 1727. He was graduated at Harvard College, in his twentieth year, and…
William Floyd
WILLIAM FLOYD was born on Long Island, December 17th, 1734. His father died while he was yet young, and left him heir to a large estate…
Benjamin Franklin
3 pages
Elbridge Gerry
2 pages
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Millard Fillmore,
THIRTEENTH President of the United States, was born in Cayuga county, New York, January the 7th, 1800. His father, Nathaniel…
Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: IN coming together, fellow-citizens, to enter again upon the…
Benjamin Harrison
BENJAMIN HARRISON was born in Berkley, Virginia. He was the descendant of a family distinguished in the history of the State, and…
Zachary Taylor,
TWELFTH President of the United States, was born in Orange county, Virginia, in November, 1784. His father, Colonel Richard…
Declaration of Independence
WHEN, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected…
George Taylor
GEORGE TAYLOR was born in Ireland, in the year 1716. At a suitable age he commenced the study of medicine but his genius not…