The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-09-06


an apprentice to carpenter in Virginia
self educated to the law; colonel; wound
ed in battle; twice Governor Of Georgia
chief justice; senator of the United States,
George Clymer, of fPennsylvania--a mer-
chant; fond of literature; terse, scnten-
tious writer; an efficient and honored patri.
OF. His biography full and interesting, but
diifuse.
------"Goodness his delight,
Wisdom his wealth, and glory his reward"
Benjamin Rush, as a physician and aB
author omni laude cumulatus; the most cell
ebratcd of the American faculty;-distin-
guished also for his political connexions and
labors.
Matthew Thornton, Of New Hampshire;
successful practitioner of medicine; army
surgeon before the Revolution; president
of the provincial convention; "A judge of the
| Supreme Court: a man of wit and humor;
continued to practice physic while judge
wrote political essays for the newspapers,
and prepared a metaphysical work for pub
ication. after lie was eighty years OF age
died in his eighty ninth year.
William Whipple of New Hampshirs---
originally cabin boy and sailor; captain
at the age of 81; then merchant, gener-
al, who fought with Gates, and elsewhere
arranged the capitulation of Bnrgoyne; a
Judge of the supreme court. "As a sailor"
says his biography. che speedily attained
the highest rank in his profession; as mer-
chant, he was circumspect and industrious;
as congressman. he was firm and fearless;
as commander he was cool and courageous
las judge, he was dignified and impartial;
as member of subordinate public Offices.
he was alert and persevering. He bore all
| A. -. L ,,tI1J and retu
DIR. John Witherspoon, of New Jersey, an
eminent and profound divine. president Of
Nassau Hall College; political writer of
force and talent; a statesman of great infiu-
ence and energy. His biography is ample
and instructive.
Robert Morris, of Pennsylvania; mer-
chant; the unrivallrd financier of the Revo-
luton; the pecuniary soul of the cause. His
biography, like that of others needs COM
preston, but it is interesting and correct.
Abraham Clark, of New Jersey; sur"
veyor; lawyer who gave gratutons coun-
sci.
Francis Lewis, of New York; a merchant
and soldier before the Revolution; very
useful as Il rebel; his fine estate OH Long
/ Island, destroyed by the British, and his
wife carried off prisoner; she died soon af-
ter, from the ill treatment which was expe-
rienced. He was ruined by the part which
he took on the American side-died in the
4 Goth year Of his age.
| John Penn, of North Carolina; uneducat-
ed in early life; became lawyer, and emf
nent, by opslmathy.
| James Wilson, of Pennsylvania, lawyer
of rare capacity, and Of surprising faculties
as a speaker and writer, and efficient polit-
ical essayst; the principal advocate of the
constitution Of 1887, in the Pennsylvania
convention; professor of law, and judge of
the Supreme Court of the United States.-
His biography replete with valuable intor-
nation and political anecdote.
Carter Braxton, of Virginia; planter;-
became a merchant; lost all, and died OF q
broken heart.
John Morton of Pennsylvania; surveyor;
speaker of the General Assembly of Penn
sylvania; "A Judge of the Supreme Court of
the Commonwealth; gave the casting vote
of the Pennsylvania delegation, tor the dec
laration of independence; originally plough
boy
Stephen Hopkins, of Rhede Island; plain
| farmer, surveyor, became speaker of the
| Assembly, chief justice, then Governor of
| Rhode Island, man of superior sense and a
good and successful writer, distinguished
mathematician, and natural philosopher,
CnOupn MS cuuCdtlOb was oil6it, Apa hShN
her of the American Philosophical society.
His signature to the Declaration Is the only
crooked and feeble one. CAS- it indicates"
SAYS his biographer. "a very trcmuleus hand
! in perfect contrast with the bold and prom
inent writing of President Hancock it may
have engendered surmises unfavorable to
the determined spirit of Mr.. Hopkins. We
the erefnre state, for a number OF years pre-
vious he had been afflicted with nervous
Affection, and when he wrote at all, which
was seldom, he was compelled to guide his
right hand with his left"
Thomas M'Kean, of Pennsylvania, a law
yer of great abilities and ardent revolution
asry patriotism, chief justice ofthe Common
wealth, governor, died eishty-three years
old. His biography entirely authentic, and
replenished with instructive details.
James Smith of Pennsylvania. lawyer and
surveyor, remarkable for righteousness and
eccentricity, practised law for upwards oi
GO years, died a nonagenarian. His article
very pleasant.
Thomas Nelson of Virginia. educated ir