Title: Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
First published: February 1995
Description: The fifty-six signers of America's Declaration of Independence risked their “lives, fortunes, and sacred honor” to found a new country. In this classic work, Benson J. Lossing describes the lives of each of the founding fathers, their greatest achievements, and what impelled them to take such an incredible risk. While some are well known to us – Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock – much of the pleasure in this book comes from reading about the lesser-known signers, and about the many challenges they faced throughout their lives in the young United States. Appendices contain Thomas Jefferson's original version of the Declaration, an analysis of its grievances, the subsequent Articles of Confederation and US Constitution, and the offending Stamp Act.
Subjects: Declaration of Independence, United States, American revolution, founding fathers, American history
Places: Washington D.C.
People: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock
Time periods: American revolution