The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-06
THE sIGNERs TO ruR DECLARATIoN.
Their Birth. and Professions.

Josiah Bartlett, born at Amesbury, Massachu-
sets, November, 1729-Physician.
William whipple, born at Kttery, Maine
Matthew Thornton, born in ireland, l74l-
Physician.
John Hancock, born at Quincy, Massachusetts,
1737-Mcrchant
Samuel Adams, born in Boston, 1722-Lawyer.
John Adams, born at Quincy, massachusetts,,
1731-Lawyer.
Robert Treat Paine. born in Boston, 1872
Lawyer.
Elbridge Gerry, born at Marblehead, Massa-
chusetts, 1744-Merchant
Stephen Hopkins, born at Providence, Rhode
Island, 1707-Merchant.
William Elery, born at Newport, Rhod Island,
17N-Lawyer. u
Roger Sherman, born at Newton, Massaehu-
sets, f21-Shoenaker.
William Williams, born in Connecticut, 1731-
Gentleman.
Oliver Woleott, born in Connecticut, 1726-
Physician
William Floyd, born at Long Island, New York,
172i-Farmer.
Philip Livingston born at Albany, New York,
1716-Merchant.
Francis Lewis, born at Llandaff, Wales, l7l3-
Gentleman.
Lewis Morris, born at Harlem, New York, l726,
Farmer.
Richard Stockton, born at Princeton, New Jer-
John Witherspoon, born at Edinburgh, Scot
land, 1722-AIinister
Francis Hopkinson, born in Philadelphia, 1874
Lawyer.
John Hart, born in Huntingdon County, Penn
sylvania-Farmer.
Abraham Clark, born in Elizabethtown, New
Jersey, 1730-Lawyer
Robert Morris, born in England, 1734-Mer-
chant,
Benjamin Rush, born in By bary, Pennsylvania,
1735-Pbysician.
Benjamin Franklin, born in Boston, 1900
Printer.
John Morton, Born in Ridley, Pennsylvania,
1724-Surveyor.
George Ciymer, born at Philadelphia, 1879
Merchant.
James Smith. born in Ireland, 1715-Lawyer.
George Taylor, born in Ireland, l716-Physi-
clan.
James Wilson, born in Standardization
George Ross born at Newcastle, Delaware,
1730-Lawyer.
Caesar Rodney, born at Dover, Delaware, 1870
Gentleman.
George Reed, born in Maryland, l734-Lawyer
Thomas Mexican, born in Chester County,
pennsylvania, 173l-Lawyer.
Samuel Chase, born in Maryland, l741-Law-
William Paca, born in Maryland, 174O-Law-
yer.
Thomas Stone, born at Pointon, Maryland, 1874
Lawyer.
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, born at Annapo-
lis, Maryland, 1737-Lawyer.
George Wythe, born on Chesapeake Bay, 1726
Lawyer.
Richard Henry Lee, born in Virginia, 1872
Soldier
Thomas Jefferson, born in Virginia, 1743-Law-
yer.
Benjamin Harrison, born at Berkeley, Virginia
Farmer.
Thomas Nelson, Jr., born at York, Virginia,
173s-Gentleman.
Francis Lightfoot Lee, born in Virginia, 1874
Farmer.
Carter Braxton, born in Virginia. 1736-Gen-
tleman.
William Hooper, born in Boston, 1742-Lawyer.
Joseph Hewes, born at Kingston, New Jersey,
173O-Lawyer.
John Penn, born in Virginia, l74l-Lawyer.
Edward Rutledge, born at Charleston, South
Carolina, 1749-Lawyer.
Thomas Hayward, born in South Carolina,
l745-Lawyer.
Thomas Lynch, Jr, born in South Car olna,
1740-Lawyer.
Arthur Middleton, born on the banks of Ashley,
South Carolina l743-Lawyer
Button Gwinnet, born in England, 1732-Mer-
chant.
George Walton, born in Virginia, 1740-Law-
yer.
Lyman Hail, born in Walingford, Connecticut,
1731-Physician.
Samuel Huntington, born in Connecticut, 1872
Farmer.