Papers, 1778-1781.

Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson, 1746-1793

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Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746 – October 8, 1793) was an American lawyer from Princeton, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the Second Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777. He later served as Attorney General for the state of Pennsylvania. Born in Newark in the Province of New Jersey, he moved with his parents to Princeton as a child. After completing his initial studies, he attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), receiving his degree in 1762. After Sergeant's...

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

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Elias Boudinot (May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and served as President of Congress from 1782 to 1783. He was elected as a U.S. Congressman for New Jersey following the American Revolutionary War. He was appointed by President George Washington as Director of the United States Mint, serving from 1795 until 1805. Born in Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, Boudinot received a classica...

Rhoads, Samuel, 1711-1784

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Samuel Rhoads (1711 – April 7, 1784) was an American architect who served as a Member of the First Continental Congress and as the 59th mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Rhoads was born in Philadelphia into a Quaker family. After receiving a limited education, he first worked as a carpenter and builder before becoming a merchant. Rhoads's political career began in 1741, when he was elected to the Common Council of Philadelphia. He designed the east wing of the Pennsylvania H...

Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803

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Joseph Galloway (1731—August 10, 1803) was an American Founding Father and politician who signed the 1774 Continental Association. He became a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War, after serving as delegate to the First Continental Congress from Pennsylvania. For much of his career in Pennsylvania politics, he was a close ally of Benjamin Franklin, and he became a leading figure in the colony. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, Galloway was a moderate and proposed a Plan of Uni...

Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785

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Joseph Reed (August 27, 1741 – March 5, 1785) was a Founding Father of the United States and a lawyer, military officer, and statesman of the American Revolutionary Era who lived the majority of his life in Pennsylvania. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and, while in Congress, signed the Articles of Confederation. He also served as President of Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council, a position analogous to the modern office of Governor. Reed was born in Trenton in the Pr...

Wilson, James, 1742-1798

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James Wilson (September 14, 1742 – August 21, 1798) was an American statesman, politician, legal scholar, and Founding Father who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798. He was elected twice to the Continental Congress, was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution. A leading legal theorist, he was one of the six original justices appointed by George Washington to the...

Bond, Phineas, 1717-1773

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Redman, Joseph Haworth, 1846-1927

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Chew, Benjamin, 1772-1810.

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Morris, Thomas, 1734-1806

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Fisher, Sidney T., 1908-

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Lightfoot, Thomas, 1821-1896

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Shoemaker, Samuel E.

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Howell, Sidney P.

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Wharton, Thomas, 1730-1782

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Pennington, Sally

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Wharton, Mary, 1775-1784

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Jones, Owen, 1819-1878

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James, Abel, -1790

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Wharton, Hannah Redman, 1759-1847.

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Pemberton, John E

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Chew, Sally

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Pemberton, Hannah, 1734-1764

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Fisher, Joshua, 1707-1783

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Morris, Israel, 1741-1806

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Shoemaker, Rebecca Warner Rawle, 1730-1819

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Rebecca Shoemaker was the wife of Samuel Shoemaker and a Quaker in Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Diary, 1813. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122625316 Rebecca Warner Rawle Shoemaker was a Philadelphia Quaker. From the description of Notebook, 1796-1801. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122347701 ...

Chovet, Abraham, 1704-1790

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Bond, Thomas.

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Bryan, George, 1731-1791

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Public official and jurist from Pennsylvania. From the description of George Bryan papers, 1764-1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982717 Epithet: of Northall, county Middlesex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000795.0x0002ce ...

Galloway, Elizabeth, approximately 1754-

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Elizabeth Galloway was a native of Philadelphia and a daughter of Joseph Galloway. From the description of Commonplace book. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122441606 ...

Morris, Isaac

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Morris was midshipman on the Wager, one of Commodore Anson's fleet sailing up the coast of South America. When the ship was lost, Morris and two companions attempted to return to England via Brasil. From the description of A narrative of the dangers and distresses which befel Isaac Morris and seven more of the crew belonging to the Wager storeship, which attended Commodore Anson in his voyage to the South Sea : containing an account of their adventures after they were left by Bulkele...

Pennington, Isaac H., active 1860

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Cadwalader, John, 1742-1786

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John Cadwalader was a land agent for the Penn family and a Revolutionary War soldier. Born in Philadelphia in 1742 to Dr. Thomas Cadwalader and Hannah Lambert, he was educated at the College and Academy of Philadelphia. He went into business with his brother, Lambert; both men held considerable wealth and social position in Philadelphia. Early in the conflict with Great Britain, Cadwalader became a member of the Philadelphia Committee of Safety and later was appointed Brigadier-General of the Pe...

Morris, P. (Peter)

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Galloway, Grace Growden, -1789

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Grace Growden Galloway was the daughter of Lawrence Growden, whose family controlled Durham iron furnaces; she married Joseph Galloway in 1753. Joseph Galloway, prominent in the social and political circles of Philadelphia sided with the British during the Revolution. Eventually, he was forced to flee with his daughter, Elizabeth, to England. Grace Galloway remained behind in America in an attempt to salvage the family's estate. From the description of Papers, 1778-1781. (Historical ...

Chew, Nancy

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Lawrence, John, 1724-1799?

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Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814

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Commander-in-chief of British forces in North America from 1775 to 1778. From the description of Appointment, 1778 Feb. 23, Philadelphia, of Charles Bowden. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122625975 Commander of British Army troops in North America during the American Revolution. From the description of Book of general orders: manuscript, 1777. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 80960793 Army officer, Great Britain. ...

Allen, Andrew, 1740-1825

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Andrew Allen (June 1740 – March 7, 1825) was a lawyer and official from the Province of Pennsylvania. Born into an influential family, Allen initially favored the colonial cause in the American Revolution, and represented Pennsylvania in the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1776. Like many other wealthy elites in Pennsylvania, however, he resisted radical change, and became a Loyalist after the Declaration of Independence and the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776. Born in Philadelphia...