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Mark Cole Rarely has the world seen such a formidable body of men gather together for a solemn purpose as when the members of the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1776. In addition t...
Mark Cole Dr. Matthew Thornton, born in Ireland, would live to be 89 years old. Along the way he led an incredible, active and productive life. As a child and young man, he was educated by his father ...
Mark Cole Like many of the men who pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to secure the independence of the American colonies, Josiah Bartlett lived a life of astonishing productivity. For nea...
The New Jersey delegation to the Continental Congress suffered more than most. Richard Stockton was taken as a prisoner of war, and died as a result of his inhumane treatment. John Hart had his farm t...
Mark Cole It is a somber fact of history that the signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor for the cause of American independence. Yet cont...
Mark Cole Francis Lewis never had it easy. He was orphaned when he was five, and was raised by aunts and uncles in Wales and England. He studied hard and received an excellent education. As an adult, ...
Mark Cole In surveying the lives of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, at some point one begins to grow numb after learning about yet another desolation by the British of an American patr...
Mark Cole Few families can match the track record of the formidable Livingston family during the independence and founding era. Â So, when Philip Livingston of New York signed the Declaration of Indepe...
Mark Cole William Floyd of New York grew up in relative affluence and was well on his way to receiving a sound education to prepare him for life when his father died.  The boy became a man rapidly an...
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