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.
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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
26WILLIAM FLOYD
2The Signers of the Declaration of Independence - Complete Biographies in One Volume
27WILLIAM WHIPPLE
3PREFACE
28FRANCIS HOPKINSON, Esq.
4Declaration of Independence, BY THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, July 4, MDCCLXXVI
29JOSIAH BARTLETT
5BIOGRAPHY
30ARTHUR MIDDLETON
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6THOMAS JEFFERSON
31JAMES WILSON
7JOHN HANCOCK
32CHARLES CARROLL, OF CARROLLTON
8BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
33WILLIAM WILLIAMS
9ROGER SHERMAN
34SAMUEL HUNTINGTON
10EDWARD RUTLEDGE
35GEORGE WALTON
11THOMAS M’KEAN
36GEORGE CLYMER
12PHILIP LIVINGSTON
37CARTER BRAXTON
13GEORGE WYTHE
38JOHN MORTON
14ABRAHAM CLARK
39RICHARD HENRY LEE
15FRANCIS LEWIS
40STEPHEN HOPKINS
16RICHARD STOCKTON
41ROBERT TREAT PAINE
17SAMUEL ADAMS
42GEORGE TAYLOR
18DR. BENJAMIN RUSH
43FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE
19OLIVER WOLCOTT
44THOMAS STONE
20GEORGE READ
45LEWIS MORRIS
21THOMAS HEYWARD
46JOHN HART
22ROBERT MORRIS
47BUTTON GWINNETT
23JOHN WITHERSPOON
48WILLIAM ELLERY
24THOMAS LYNCH, Jr
49LYMAN HALL
25MATTHEW THORNTON
50JOHN PENN
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