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Joseph REED, Congress, PA (1741-1785)
REED, Joseph, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; was born in Trenton, N.J., August 27, 1741; attended Philadelphia Academy; was graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)…Thomas RODNEY, Congress, DE (1744-1811)
RODNEY, Thomas, (father of Caesar Augustus Rodney, brother of Caesar Rodney, and cousin of George Brydges Rodney), a Delegate from Delaware; born near Dover, Kent County, Del., June 4, 1744;…TAYLOR, George, Congress, PA (1716-1781)
TAYLOR, George, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Ireland in 1716; pursued academic studies; immigrated to the United States in 1736 and settled at Warwick Furnace and later at Coventry Forge…Edward TELFAIR, Congress, GA (1735-1807)
TELFAIR, Edward, (father of Thomas Telfair), a Delegate from Georgia; born in “Town Head,“ Scotland, in 1735; was graduated from the Kirkcudbright Grammar School and subsequently acquired a…Matthew TILGHMAN, Congress, MD (1718-1790)
TILGHMAN, Matthew, a Delegate from Maryland; born at the “Hermitage,“ near Centerville, Queen Annes County, Md., February 17, 1718; was tutored privately; justice of the peace for Talbot…Richard Dobbs SPAIGHT, Congress, NC (1758-1802)
SPAIGHT Richard Dobbs , a Delegate and a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, N.C., March 25, 1758; received his early schooling in Ireland and attended the University of Glasgow…John STEVENS, Congress, NJ (1715-1792)
STEVENS, John, a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Perth Amboy, N.J., in 1715; merchant and shipowner; engaged in trading with the West Indies and Madeira; large landowner and mine owner in…James SULLIVAN, Congress, MA (1744-1808)
SULLIVAN, James, (brother of John Sullivan and uncle of George Sullivan), a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Berwick, Maine (then a part of Massachusetts), April 22, 1744; completed…Abner NASH, Congress, NC (1740-1786)
NASH, Abner, a Delegate from North Carolina; born at Templeton Manor, on the Appomattox River, near Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va., August 8, 1740; attended the rural schools in Virginia…WILLIAMS, William, Congress, CT (1731-1811)
WILLIAMS, William, a Delegate from Connecticut; born in Lebanon, Conn., March 29, 1731; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Harvard College in 1751; studied theology for a year;…Trending
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