The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-09-10
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Mn a ,dsc Of the supreme Court II the COM
1anee~lth gave the casting vote otthe Penn
WV ma dclee alton FOR the Declaration OF tndc-
! nendeucc; originally plough boy
sienhrn Hopkins, Of Kbbdc Island PLAN
lafmrf surveyor became speaker oi Inc As
seihby cLiegusiiee. then governor OF Rhode
island y man al superior sense and good nnd
snecessml writer. a distinguished mathemati-
! fian. and naiafai philosopher, though hls edn-
cation was slRhts aud = ncniscr oi tbs Amer''
can Philosophical society. Has signature Of The
! psclaratoH - the only crooked and feeble one
. A Il indicates. sats hls b'ogfaphrf, We
! - 1,ernuous hnnd IN perfect contrast With the
/ bold propiinep' wiring oirres'den Hancock, u
may have cngtndered surnises untayomabl' to
F.be determined silIftf Of Nit Hopkins We
therefore state thai for a number oil years pre-
vions he had been afflicted with nervous at
frction and wber be wrote at all. whicb was
seldom, he was compelled 10 guide bis rlg' hand
with ht left
Thomas NKean. Of Pennsylvania lawyer
OF etca, abilities. ard arden, revolutionary pat
riotisn ctssi justice Of the commonwealth ;
governor died 50 years old lis biogra.
nhy entirely authentic, and rcplete with narnc'
tive details
James Smith. Of Pennsylvania lawyer and
surveyor remarkable for lacctipusuess and
rcrentrcity prsetlsedth the law for upwards Of
~ sen. died a oonagenann. HIS article very
pleasant.
Thomas Nclron ofVirginia educated IN Eng
ipHd IN opalcnt planter active military object :
commander IN chei Of tho Virginia militia,
ehom hc brasely aud skfully headed at the
srrc OF }orkto@n governor of Virginia; died
IA rrde,cd circumstances, having made enor-
meas pecunary sacrifice, to the revolutionary
cause
Joseph Iiawcs. Of South Carolina. a success
al merchant, bred Quaker died WHEN aien'
i8I1r congress, IN l7i9
teorfe 9aylor Of Pennsylvania ON arriving
/ ~ America from Ireland, bound himself fdr II
tenn Of wears AZ II common labofer, al the
IRON works nj Durham, on the Delaware, near
Easton was inade clerk ia the works the pro.
ptietJr dying. h. esponsed the widow, aud hnnl-
" became himself owner otthc whole amasscd
a large fortune rot INTO the provincial assem-
bly, member oil business, Nothing more IL
frrnIicccd Of him IN TIN vicinity Of his resi-
doncc,. than that he was a Gnc man and iur-
ons whig'
John Hrrt. OF New Jersey n turner sur-
named honest 1ohn,' had never held public of.
he when hG WIS chosen delegate 10 con-
ffess his farm pilIaged aud destroyed by the
bessihns His biography possesses n peculiar
interest, as very ediiVng illustration OF the
character aud course OF an American yeoman.
Lewis Morris, Of New York; gentleman far
| mer aud large landed proprietor: MS wnolo do
nun laid waste and ruined by the enemy had
three gallant sons IN the field the celebrated
| Go,rtuur Morris his haIfhroIher.
Nm Illcry, Of Rhode Island, well educa
ted lawyer an eatlY revolutionary patriot ave
! ~ useful momber OF congress throughout the
war, lie often, says his biographer. spoke
ri thc signing Of the Declaration Of lrdeprnd.
enee, aud he spoke OF II nv al event, which many
tearird WITH ave perhaps VITA uncertainty but
none with fear lie used 80 relate, thai be pla-
+ oed himself beside th' secretary Charles
Thompson, and eyed each delegate closely as he
silmrd his name 10 the document and he saw
danntleS resolution in every counlcnnnce. III
Iery pain al the age Of ninety three, sitting up
tight in bed, aud reading Tullys' Offices in the
Lntn
'of IN distcmper, of no blast he dird,
but Gd like autumn fruit that mcllow'd long
Fsn wondered n hosausr he fills no sooner.
Fate seemed 10 Wind hlnup h,r iopf.cafc years.
Yet freely runhe on twelve wmtors more
TIL like clock worn out with eating time,
The whools Of weary hc hdsooi slill'
Lyman Hall of Georgia m en,igrant from
Connecticut well trained physician Il use.
n member Of Conpresc made great sacrifices :,
Governor Of Geofgih, 1853.
Oliver NolCou, of Connecticut; graduate Of
Yale College captain in the army before the
Revolution studied medicine n major gen
elnl OF militia aided IN conquering Burgoy-
ne, Judge finally, Governor OF ConncC-
ticut.
Richard Stockton, of New Jersey nm accom-
pllshcd lawyer and scholar, unIlYalled AT the bar
oi his state. Alter acquiring competent for
tune IN his profession travelled with much cclat
IN Great Britain one of the Judges of The Su.
ptemc Court of New Jersey embarked early
and vehemcutly IN the Revolution surprised
and captured by the cnemy and committed to
the common iall at New York Congress di.
fectcd general Washington to interfere IN his he
halt, and threaten retaliation his health inn
patrcd his property devastated died prcna
mrcly of complicated Affections occasloned by
his patriotism
Button Gwinnet. of Georgia; originally a
nerchnnt; hecame n planter an enthusiastic
rebfl; president Of the provincial council kill.
cd IN duel with General M'lntosh in l177, al
the age of torty.fye
Josiah BARTLETT, OF New Hampshire, asucCess.
tul practitioner Of Medicine: leading wing il,
his province commanded a regiment the
FIRST " no voted IN Congress for the Declaration
aud the second who Signed it; Chief Justice OF
Ne" Hampshire the first republican Governor
Il that state
Philip Livingston, of New York one OF the
committee of five appointed to prepare the De.
earation OF independence; agradnatc of Yale
college; prosperous aud honoured merchant
| conspicuous member OF the provincial Lerisla-
. tdre speaker died, while attending Congress
IN l11S, martyr TO his public zeal
Roger sherman, of Connecticut also one OF
the commIttc OF five apprentice 10 n shoe ma
kel, aud pursued tho business until nfter he Twas
twenty-five years of age travelled on foot, witt
his tools, gaining "a livelihood noulsbcd his
mlnd 10y various reading kept country store
turned surveyor applied himself 10 the law
. acquired practice aud fame member of the co
lonial assembly member of the Albany Con-
scntion of l15l; Judge of the superior court Of
Connecticut menIy.three years member o
Congress from the opening OF The FIRST IA I714
down to the period of his death, in 1893 o.
great authority and usefulness a member OF the
convention that framed the present constitution