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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)
Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence Vol 5 - Classic Reprint Author:John Sanderson LYNCH. — We often indulge in an unavailing regret, that few events belonging to the early portion of the lives of distinguished individuals, are snatched from oblivion, to illustrate the progress of their genius and virtues. The interesting period of childhood, so frequently marked by strong developments of character, glides imperceptibly away, a... more »nd in the fond interchange of the affections that attend it, we cease either to observe, or afterwards to remember, those traits or incidents, by which future usefulness and distinction are unequivocally foretold. In after life, when great talents have been brought to consummate great public events, " and the Man has stamped his name on the age in which he lived," we recur, with an unwearied but unrequited industry, to fading records and doubtful traditions, for the germs of that character, whose rich maturity we have been taught to admire.
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Page; Thomas Lynch, Jr 5; Matthew Thornton, - 33; William Whipple, ----- 71; John Witherspoon, - 99; Kobert Morris 187
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