Table of Contents for Signers : The Fifty-Six Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence

Introduction

vii

I. MASSACHUSETTS

Samuel Adams

2

(3)

John Hancock

5

(3)

John Adams

8

(3)

Robert Treat Paine

11

(2)

Elbridge Gerry

13

(5)

II. VIRGINIA

Richard Henry Lee

18

(2)

Francis Lightfoot Lee

20

(2)

George Wythe

22

(2)

Thomas Jefferson

24

(3)

Thomas Nelson

27

(2)

Carter Braxton

29

(3)

Benjamin Harrison

32

(4)

III. PENNSYLVANIA

Benjamin Franklin

36

(3)

Robert Morris

39

(3)

Benjamin Rush

42

(2)

George Clymer

44

(2)

James Wilson

46

(2)

John Morton

48

(2)

George Ross

50

(2)

George Taylor

52

(2)

James Smith

54

(4)

IV. NEW JERSEY

Richard Stockton

58

(2)

Francis Hopkinson

60

(2)

John Witherspoon

62

(2)

John Hart

64

(2)

Abraham Clark

66

(4)

V. DELAWARE

Thomas McKean

70

(2)

Caesar Rodney

72

(2)

George Read

74

(4)

VI. RHODE ISLAND

William Ellery

78

(2)

Stephen Hopkins

80

(4)

VII. CONNECTICUT

Oliver Wolcott

84

(2)

Samuel Huntington

86

(2)

William Williams

88

(2)

Roger Sherman

90

(4)

VIII. NEW HAMPSHIRE

Josiah Bartlett

94

(2)

William Whipple

96

(2)

Matthew Thornton

98

(4)

IX. MARYLAND

Samuel Chase

102

(2)

William Paca

104

(2)

Thomas Stone

106

(2)

Charles Carroll of Carrollton

108

(4)

X. NORTH CAROLINA

William Hooper

112

(2)

John Penn

114

(2)

Joseph Hewes

116

(4)

XI. SOUTH CAROLINA

Edward Rutledge

120

(2)

Thomas Lynch Jr.

122

(2)

Thomas Heyward Jr.

124

(2)

Arthur Middleton

126

(4)

XII. GEORGIA

Lyman Hall

130

(2)

Button Gwinnett

132

(2)

George Walton

134

(4)

XIII. NEW YORK

Lewis Morris

138

(2)

Philip Livingston

140

(2)

Francis Lewis

142

(2)

William Floyd

144

(2)

The Declaration of Independence

146

(6)

Afterword

152

(3)

Illustrator's Note

155

(1)

Bibliography

156

(3)

Index

159