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Thomas Mifflin

Thomas Mifflin was an American merchant and politician from Philadelphia, a major general in the Continental Army, a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, and a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania.  He served as President of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Constitution.

Mifflin…

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Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer

Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, (1723 to November 16^th, 1790), was a politician and a Founding Father of the United States.

Jenifer was born in Charles County, Maryland and was the son of a colonial planter of Swedish and English descent.  As a young man, he acted as a receiver-general, the local financial…

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Benjamin Franklin Mini Bio

 Bill Korach

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1706[1] and…

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Daniel Carroll

Daniel Carroll represented Maryland as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 at the age of 57. Carroll was born of a prominent family in Maryland on July 22, 1730 and was educated at the College of Saint Omer in the Netherlands. He was well experienced politically at the time of the Convention, having served in a number of important positions.…

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GEORGE CLYMER

George Clymer was an American merchant and he acted as one of the first two treasurers of the Continental Congress.   Later as a Pennsylvania Representative, he was a signatory of both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.

Clymer was born on 16 March 1739 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Orphaned when only a year old,…

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Hugh Williamson

            Hugh Williamson was born December 5, 1735 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.  He was of Scottish-Irish decent and his father was a clothier.  Hoping he would become a Presbyterian minister, his parents oriented his education toward that calling.  He received his degree, trained for the ministry, received his license but was never…

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Abraham Baldwin

1754-1807

Abraham Baldwin was born in Guilford, Connecticut. He was the second son of a blacksmith who fathered 12 children by two wives. His humble beginnings served him well in his future endeavors since he would be able to relate to the rougher frontiersman, as well as the academic elite.…