The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-30

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him iuts hs@ cea.Htin .fpsan i. rsefA. Il.~
abilities proved raeh thai Ia ITO he rs4a, him
IN = Masansrs ma-sioi In England, where he
~A~ present ~ tho funeral rites III
tsecf. = II ~ The rs,roaAs.oa crrraas,.Ac~ -
tscofge I'LL. ksen after his return 10 Amcsiea
his uncle died aud left him, Al thc aye OF
twcssy-s ak. IN possession ~ . princely fortune
one ~ the largest III the province ii MA&~a.
chuscttr.
lie Soon r~climquislcd h,s commercial pur.
~uiA aud became sn active politician. slwAss
taking slds~ with tho~e where sentiments we're
literal aud democratic. Ii isGa lss Ma chosen
= representative for la~son in tho .taenesai
Provincial Assembly. lilo wa4 chosen 4 dele.
gate ~ tllc Continental Congress In l-Tl, aud
wAA re.slcctea 10 the ~Anav st&slun la i715.
When rcyton Randolph left tho pte~sdontiNi
chair Of thas body, john Hancock WA elected
70 Tie station. la that office he iAborcd ardn.
oualy, aud tlled that chair on the over mcmur
able Fourth cf July, TIC. An President Id
tEst etgncd the Declaration ~ Independence,
aud his bold signature has always excited tho
Admirstlen ~ the he1 ,ilet.
= Hampshire.
JOSIAH nAa1lkrr.
josiah MA born III Aincrhury, la MAs.schn.
sstAsA IN November, l72a. Ia l;76 ho wa~ al.
pointed : member VI the UnMmitteo or Nxfvtx
" his htAts. te wa~ soon elected \ member
II the Continental Congress. In August.
i775, no wA~ cho~cn delegate 10 tho tiontl.
mental Congress, and wA~ again n. cl.ctua III
ITO. Hc warmly supported tho prorosls,o.
for Independence, aud WHEN, on the I'll ~ An,
gust, l57G, the members of Congress signed
tbs Declaf ration. ID. Bartlett was lie hrst wl,s
Affixed hlr ~isnAinrc, New Hampshire being
thc fiFse state called.
MIl.IAA Mlllla.h.
William Wllpplo MA barn nj kitters, la New
Hampshire THAT portion which IL nov tho NsAtu
ho wAs chorcn \ delegate Ia tin Continental
tongfess, aud MA among these whu, on III.
Fourth VI july of that year. voted for Ill.
Declaration ~ indt pcndeice. liz remained III
Ton gfS~s until l77s.
MATTHEW tituHNfos.
Mnf&hA0 T6nf4afu4a MA. taars. a 1sml...i l..
TIA, Aitd wAs brought u tlsis country hy hin
father when liz WA b~lween two A,l three,
ycAys VI NO. Matthew studied medicine AID
settled q Londonderry, N. H., aud IN i1is wat
appointed sufgeola 81 Tie New Ilsmtni.irs
tool@. and accompanied them In tho expedition
wSs appointed = delegate u the Continents
OoaGrssS Tor ono year, and WA. permisted /,
slgn lila MAiMo 10 TIM Declaration u lnlepeua
cncc whom ho toek IT, 30 ia November,
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SAMUEL. AlAaf.
This distinguished pAlfint vi tle ~ilevplntloi
wAA born IA bu~ton On tau 21d of ,olAs.Abtr
l1X2. Adams MAr AmoAg tllo~e who secrptl
laneused The plan of proposing Il general ton
graa. md alisointin. delegates thereto, il
syaee of tho opposition u tiov. t.Agc. IN.
dovofno tearing ~ tho movement la tho firl
oral Assembly, then sitting III k~lesn. .cut Iii
~ g3NtA 80 tAA w III Ill
door iosked- AID thu key wAs safely lodged il
samuel AdAus' pocket. Mr.. Adams VIM QUO d
lhU nve ~dalUKAtas appointed " tsa.grt ~. III.
hc took hH seat IN that body Oh Tile itli III se1
tcmbcr. l7T. Ito continued All Act.yu u,mbec
81 Congress until l7Al.
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john Adams WAa born IL liratntrcc tnua
Quincy ia Massachusetts, on the aUtl OF ue
to6sr, l7S6. Having chosen tho law ~ d rro
f0aston, ~ entered upon tho study VI i, Will
~ eminent baSTistsr III Worcester hs tho nam
q Putnam. lie VA admitted 10 tle bar /,
i7ot and commenced practice In lirsinlrcs.
Adams took his scAt III tho iifst t'ons.ncnta
COnyra9as convened In Philadelphia Oh ll.u ,tl
of September. It'll. He MA again ,lec.od
delse.tu IN ITO, aud through, his ~iniiucne,
tsoCsge Washington, VI Virginia. wss elected
Commando IN. taiief of Nil tho fnrurr III ia.
united colonies.
He wAs appointed ono of The eomm,,,ea /.
dfsst we Declaration Of lndrptn ien.e, snl liz
placed nts signature 10 that document ua tic
~ Of August. ITO. Hls eminent ~s.rsiue.
throughout tilU Revolution and afterwards nrc
vol known. President hunself, lie lived II q,
~ son tn the aai,e r~usliioal. Ito died oil th,
sul VI july, ih1l agai nlaot, .twu. On ll.t
very .asne dAy, aud ~ nearly the same hour,
hls fellow committee luAn III drawing ~ Iii,
Declaration Of ~IndcpeBde,ee. Thomas Jarrr.
soi', Also died. II WAN on the iiftinth Anntycru.
NY ~ that glorious srl aud the coincidence
made Z dep impression on the public mind.
hostAI rnkAT PAYNE.
ills distinguished patriot Mas born In Hos.
Ton, MAs*., III 1871. liz entered Harvard
Col,sHs 4 the .ee ~ "A YEARS, and graduated
with the usual loi.usr. He wAn Acttvc II, rn,ii.
tlc., aud wAA : member ii lilo first co,,rscsr.
aud was 70 elected " that VI 70. Ho voted
Tor The Declaration VI Independence. and ~.
one III ~ nlgncrn.
eiHAsls,k nklns.
Libildxo Osits Wa horn Ia MasbleLead,
Macs, on thu 18th III July. 17lt. AZ
wAs we'll slncAted. bs ~ i gralnAa. n liar.
ward, IN January, l77G. Mr.. TERRY MAs elected
= delegate ~ The Continental I0ugrues. Tluf,
iiA commercial knowledge proved very ussful,
and 10 Ma uut upon inAily oonmltlssn where
sMrsi kno~loisc waS nnOied. lic xAr ! warm
supporter ~ tlu revolution ~ NJ, Leo. Jealsr.
inK thu unitei htAtcr FREQ aid in~lepundsni
and lay slgnol his nAnia to the Uecias alton an
thc ~ u August, following ~ adoption.
NhOd~ IstAAd.
sIkimsN auIkISs.
nsslllsn Ho!pklus wA~ burn tho town oil
1907. Ha va ! member III tie iirwt Conrres.'
Ald wss re-e.sxtti III tf7B. aud llad tl,r nrIvi.
lego u signing tile Declaration ~ lnIusn.ni.
encc. lie ~ riiueen \ delegate 10 tho (le,,rr.I
81 ntrsrs foF tho lat tirno IN l77b. and wAs unu
" ! q dmn,ttos who drafted the Afsiclrs a
Canfedsfa'icn Tor tho g~0vernusnt Of t.o NJ ats~.
Notwithstanding lao w. than over 10 years,
i.c wss eacssdil6ly Actve. and -. Alinost Gun
stAnlly > npsincea " Anano important eumuntlue.
lie died ~ the tosh Or July. J7s5. n III.
Esvsns, seiGn1b ysaf Of his ago.
w11alAM kt1.ksy.
william E!lssx ~ colleague q h.erlen
soagrse q i!5e. - bom = Newport on the
f2d o. December, ls37. Mr. Eiissy W. ) vsr,
snaF0Asr ~ fs0mnr&nn nnA ~. tt.n a. a..