OF THE

SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION

OF

AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

THE

DECLARATION HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED;

AND A SKETCH OF THE LEADING EVENTS CONNECTED WITH
THE ADOPTION OF

THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION,

AND OF

THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.

J.

BY BLOSSING,

AUTHOR OF "SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX," "LIVES OF THE
PRESIDENTS," &c.

ILLUSTRATED BY FIFTY PORTRAITS

AND OTHER ENGRAVINGS.

PHILADELPHIA:

G. G. EVANS, PUBLISHER,

No. 439 CHESTNUT STREET.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by

G. G. EVANS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania.