The Signers of the Declaration of Independence - Complete Biographies in One Volume (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Biographies of the 56 Founding Fathers and Revolutionary PatriotsBy L. Carroll Judson
Length20h 34m
About this audiobook
The Signers of the Declaration of Independence - Complete Biographies in One Volume is a compact yet expansive work of republican memory, gathering the lives of the fifty-six men who affixed their names to America's founding document. Written in a sober nineteenth-century biographical style, it combines moral portraiture, patriotic narrative, and historical summary, situating each signer within the Revolutionary crisis and the civic ideals of the early United States. Its literary context is the antebellum tradition of national biography, where history served not merely to record events but to instruct citizens in virtue, sacrifice, and public duty. L. Carroll Judson wrote in an era when Americans were actively shaping a shared historical consciousness around the Revolution. His interest in the signers reflects a broader cultural effort to preserve the reputations of founding figures and to present them as exemplars for later generations. The book's emphasis on character, public service, and providential destiny suggests an author deeply invested in the moral uses of history. This volume is recommended for readers interested in Revolutionary biography, civic education, and the evolution of American historical memory. It offers accessible portraits that remain valuable as artifacts of both founding history and nineteenth-century patriotic interpretation.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length20 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
40STEPHEN HOPKINS
2The Signers of the Declaration of Independence - Complete Biographies in One Volume
41ROBERT TREAT PAINE
3PREFACE
42GEORGE TAYLOR
4Declaration of Independence, BY THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, July 4, MDCCLXXVI
43FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE
5BIOGRAPHY
44THOMAS STONE
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6THOMAS JEFFERSON
45LEWIS MORRIS
7JOHN HANCOCK
46JOHN HART
8BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
47BUTTON GWINNETT
9ROGER SHERMAN
48WILLIAM ELLERY
10EDWARD RUTLEDGE
49LYMAN HALL
11THOMAS M’KEAN
50JOHN PENN
12PHILIP LIVINGSTON
51ELBRIDGE GERRY
13GEORGE WYTHE
52WILLIAM PACA
14ABRAHAM CLARK
53GEORGE ROSS
15FRANCIS LEWIS
54BENJAMIN HARRISON
16RICHARD STOCKTON
55CÆSAR RODNEY
17SAMUEL ADAMS
56SAMUEL CHASE
18DR. BENJAMIN RUSH
57WILLIAM HOOPER
19OLIVER WOLCOTT
58THOMAS NELSON
20GEORGE READ
59JAMES SMITH
21THOMAS HEYWARD
60JOSEPH HEWES
22ROBERT MORRIS
61JOHN ADAMS
23JOHN WITHERSPOON
62GEORGE WASHINGTON
24THOMAS LYNCH, Jr
63PATRICK HENRY
25MATTHEW THORNTON
64WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
26WILLIAM FLOYD
65IN CONGRESS, Philadelphia, July 5, 1775. A DECLARATION
27WILLIAM WHIPPLE
66ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
28FRANCIS HOPKINSON, Esq.
67CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
29JOSIAH BARTLETT
68PREAMBLE
30ARTHUR MIDDLETON
69ARTICLE I Of the Legislature
31JAMES WILSON
70ARTICLE II Of the Executive
32CHARLES CARROLL, OF CARROLLTON
71ARTICLE III Of the Judiciary
33WILLIAM WILLIAMS
72ARTICLE IV Miscellaneous
34SAMUEL HUNTINGTON
73ARTICLE V Of Amendments
35GEORGE WALTON
74ARTICLE VI Miscellaneous
36GEORGE CLYMER
75ARTICLE VII Of the Ratification
37CARTER BRAXTON
76The Declaration of Independence as originally written by Thomas Jefferson
38JOHN MORTON
77Memorable Quotes
39RICHARD HENRY LEE
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