Putnam patriot., 1909-08-20
lrishmen who Signed the Declaration oi
 Independence.
GEoKaE1f TAYLOR.
  Third Article.

George Taylor, of Pennsylvania, was
 born in Ireland in the year i7lo. Al
 an early age he was placed with phy.
 sician to study medicine, but not lih-
 Ing the profession he ran away from
 home without consulting his friends
 and without penny in his pocket
 Finding vessel ready to sail Tor
 Philadelphia he entered on board as q
 aredemptioner." In colonial days Il
 was not an infrequent thing for per
 sons leaving Europe, and Ireland espe- cially, to sell their services to those who would pay their passage To this coun- try. hence they were called "retiemp. !, toners
 Soon after he arrived In America his passage was pad by MT. Savage, ot Durham, Bucks county, Penn, Tor which he bound himself as n common aborer for term of years. This man was the owner of iron works where he lived, and assigned to hts new servant the position of afiller,e his duties oe- ing To throw coals into the furnace when In blast. He soon found the work 10 differ widely from handling books and the pen. Ills hands became cruelty blistered, but being resoiute and ambitious of gaining the approoa- lion af all around him, he persesered without complaint. The workmen observing his condition stated the GIT cumstanee to Mt, Savage, whose Kind ness of heart induced him to provide the suffering youth some less severe Ia Dor. On talking with him he discover ed his intelligence, education, and tai. ents. and immediately promoted him ,o n position as clerk in the counting room of the establishment. lie proved fully competent for his new position, and gained the friendship of all in the establishment.
 Nor did he neglect the improvement of his mind. He applied to practical uses the nowledge he had gained at school. He became esteemed for his correct department, and admired Tor his clearness of perception and sound ness of judgment.
 To add to his importance In society, then Mr. Savage died he married his widow, and thus became sole proprie- tor of his large property and the hns- band of n worthy and influential lady, lie soon became fasorahly known, and having won the confidence ot his fellow citizens he was, by them, elect ei, in l7e4 to the Provincial Assembly
 at Philadelphia, and took prominent part in it's deliberations.
 He was republican by nature and
 s hs,er of oppression by instinct. He had watched with freeman's eye the | increasing advance of British tyranny. lie was loo patriotic and too bold 10
 tamely submit to the yoke of bondage, In l77a he was returned for the third
 time 10 ,he Assembly, and added fresh laarels to his fame. In connection with
 others he was placed upon the Commit
 lee of Safety, then virtually the organ i of the government.
 He WAS in favor of prudence in all | things but was not affected ny the tenn porising spirit that al first psFalyxed
 the arm of many who desired liberty 1 but dreaded iIs penalties.
 He continued to exercise powerful
 and salatary influence in the Assembly oi Pennsylvania until the summer of l.5e, when he hecame member of the Continental Congress, and sanctioned with his rehel signature thei necla-
 ration of Independence the principles