Roger Sherman diary, 1779.

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Roger Sherman diary, 1779.

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Diary kept by Roger Sherman of Connecticut. The diary was kept in Father Abraham̕s Pocket Almanack. The pages opposite each month̕s calendar served as notepaper for Sherman (a common practice). Some have notes about taxes and the Continental Treasury. There are also more mundane notes, such as the amount of butter he purchased.

1 volume.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793

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Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American statesman and lawyer, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to have signed all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, and also signed the 1774 Petition to the King. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Sherman established a legal career in Litchfield County, Connecticut despit...