Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence - Couverture souple

Lossing, B. J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1582183201 ISBN 13 : 9781582183206

Editeur : Digital Scanning,US, 2008

Synopsis

The men who formed the United States came from all thirteen colonies. The real Josiah Bartlett did come from New Hampshire. John Adams was a descendant of John Alden of the Mayflower, one of the reasons he was referred to as a "Son of Liberty". Samuel Adams' business almost went bankrupt because he preferred politics to commerce. There was a real Mr. Whipple who ran a mercantile business in New Hampshire. John Hart was a farmer from New Jersey, but did you know of Button Gwinnett, Thomas M'Kean, or John Morton? These men stood alongside Thomas Jefferson and John Hancock and signed one of the most famous documents in American history. This book, offered as it was originally published in 1860, presents fascinating biographical details about the lives, education and contributions of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as a brief outline of events leading to the adoption of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the United States.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

There are lessons of deep, abiding interest, and of inestimable value, to be learned in studying the lives of the men vrho perilled their all to secure the blessed inheritance of free institutions which we now enjoy. We do not learn merely the dignity and sacredness of pure patriotism, by following them in their career amid the storms of the Revolution, but all the virtues which adorn humanity are presented in such bold relief, in the private and public actions of that venerated company, that when we rise from a perusal of a narrative of their lives, we feel as if all the noble qualities of our common manhood had been passing before us in review, and challenging our profound reverence. The biography of a great man, is an history of his own times; and when we have perused the record of the actions of the men of our Revolution, we have imbibed a general knowledge of the great events of that struggle for Freedom. If this proposition is true, then we feel that this volume has a claim to the public regard, for we have endeavored to comprise within as small a compass as a perspicuous view of the subject would allow, the chief events in the lives of the men who stood sponsors at the baptism in blood of our Infant Republic. The memoirs are illustrated by copious notes explanatory of events alluded to in the course of the biographical nai Tative, and these, we believe, will be found a highly useful feature of the work.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enh

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Digital Scanning,US
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1582183201
• ISBN 13: 9781582183206
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 392
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: GPSR Kontakt; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Allemagne