Biography of the signers to the Declaration of independence / by John Sanderson.
| Other author | Sanderson, John, 1783-1844. |
| Other author | Waln, Robert, 1794-1825. |
| Other author | Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilworth), 1801-1860. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : R.W. Pomeroy, 1823-27. |
| Description | 9 volumes : portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | v. 1. (2nd ed.) Introduction. Declaration of Independence. John Hancock. Samuel Adams. John Adams. Robert Treat Paine. Elbridge Gerry. Josiah Bartlett. William Whipple. Matthew Thornton. Stephen Hopkins. William Ellery. -- v. 2. Benjamin Franklin. George Wythe. Francis Hopkinson. Robert Treat Paine. -- v. 3. Edward Rutledge. Lyman Hall. Oliver Wolcott. Richard Stockton. Button Gwinnett. Josiah Bartlett. Philip Livingston. Roger Sherman. -- v. 4. Thomas Heyward. George Read. William Williams. Samuel Huntington. William Floyd. George Walton. George Clymer. Benjamin Rush. -- v. 5. Thomas Lynch. Matthew Thorton. William Whipple. John Witherspoon. Robert Morris. -- v. 6. Arthur Middleton. Abraham Clark. Francis Lewis. John Penn. James Wilson. Carter Braxton. John Morton. Stephen Hopkins. Thomas McKean. -- v. 7. Thomas Jefferson. William Hooper. James Smith. Charles Carroll. Thomas Nelson. Joseph Hewes. -- v. 8. Elbridge Gerry. Caesar Rodney. Benjamin Harrison. William Paca. George Ross. John Adams. -- v. 9. Richard Henry Lee. George Taylor. John Hart. Lewis Morris. Thomas Stone. Francis Lightfoot Lee. Samuel Chase. William Ellery. Samuel Adams. |
| Local note | Joyner-Vol. 1 is of "second edition / revised, improved, and enlarged. Philadelphia : William Brown and Charles Peters, 1828." Autographed on t.p.: "Dudley M. Baldwin, 1835". |
| General note | Engraved t.-p. |
| General note | Vols. 1-4 dated 1823; v. 5-6, 1824; v. 7-9, 1827. |
| General note | John Sanderson's name appears as above on t.-p. of v. 1-4. |
| General note | Vols. 1-2 edited by John Sanderson, v. 3-6 by Robert Waln, Jr. v. 7-9 are without editor's name, but were edited by Henry D. Gilpin, according to statement in Mrs. Eliza Gilpin's Memorial of Henry D. Gilpin, Philadelphia, 1860, p. 194. Volumes numbered on the half-titles. |
| General note | Vol. 2 has imprint: "Philadelphia : J. Maxwell & R.W. Pomeroy, 1823". |
| General note | A list of authors of the biographies (originally published in the New York times) may be found in Proc. of Mass. hist. soc., 1876-1877 [v. 15] p. 393. |
| References | Sabin, 76398 (v. 2-9) |
| References | Sabin, 76399 (v. 1) |
| References | Howes, W. U.S.iana (2nd ed.), S88 |
| References | Shoemaker, 14043 (v. 2-9) |
| References | Shoemaker, 35099 (v. 1) |
| LCCN | 16020350 |
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