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Ross, George 1730-1779

A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Newcastle, Del., in 1730; became a lawyer in Lancaster, Pa., in 1751; was a representative in the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1768– [497] 70, and in 1774 was elected to the first Continental Congress. He was a ready writer and a skilful committeeman. A few months after he signed the Declaration of Independence ill-health compelled him to leave Congress (January, 1777). After the dissolution of the proprietary government in Pennsylvania a convention appointed him to draw up a “Declaration of rights” ; and a short time before his death he was made judge of the court of admiralty. He died in Lancaster, Pa., in 1779.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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