Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 42, no. 6
Summary
A biographical sketch of this man who was active in politics and the military during the American Revolution. He lived in Lancaster , PA, for a time during the Revolution.
Chapters: The Failed Crossing --- Haddonfield and Philadelphia --- The March of the Paxton Boys --- Revolution --- Independence --- Democracy --- The Winter Campaign --- The British Occupation --- Benedict Arnold Part One (Illicit Affairs ) --- The Fort Wilson Riot --- Benedict Arnold Part Two ( Court-Martial ) --- A Brief Term In Congress --- Savannah, Georgia --- The Revolution of 1800--- Common Sense Revisited
Summary
"On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to a crowd gathered outside the State House in Pennsylvania. Later in the month the proclamation was engrossed on vellum. Delegates began signing that finely penned document in early August. The man who read the Declaration and then later embossed it"--
