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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Declaration of Independence. (search)
hire. Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton. Massachusetts Bay. Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry. Rhode Island, Etc. Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery. Connecticut. Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott. New York. William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris. New Jersey. Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark. North Carolina. William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn. Georgia. Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton. Pennsylvania. Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamiin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, William Paca, George Ross. Delaware. Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean. Maryland. Samuel Chase, James Wilson, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Virginia. George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot L
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hewes, Joseph 1730-1779 (search)
Hewes, Joseph 1730-1779 Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Kingston, N. J., in 1730. His parents were Quakers, and he was educated at the College of New Jersey. He was engaged in business at Edenton, N. C., in 1760, and was a member of the colonial legislature in 1763. Mr. Hewes was a delegate in the first Continental Congress, and was on the committee to state the rights of the colonies. He was active in the most important committees of that body. At the head of the na member of the colonial legislature in 1763. Mr. Hewes was a delegate in the first Continental Congress, and was on the committee to state the rights of the colonies. He was active in the most important committees of that body. At the head of the naval committee, he was, in effect, the first Secretary of the United States Navy. He declined a re-election in 1777, but resumed his seat in 1779, which he resigned in October on account of failing health. He died in Philadelphia, Nov. 10, 1779.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
itted out five or six armed vessels at Boston to pick up some of the British store-ships and transports. On Oct. 13, the Congress authorized the fitting out of a swift-sailing vessel to carry ten carriage-guns and a proportionate number of swivels, with eighty men, for a cruise of three months. On the same day appeared the germ of our Navy Department in a committee appointed to direct marine affairs. This consisted of Silas Deane, John Langdon, and Christopher Gadsden. Stephen Hopkins, Joseph Hewes, Richard Henry Lee, and John Adams were added Oct. 30. The committee was at first styled the marine committee, and on Dec. 13 it was so modelled as to include one member from each colony represented in the Congress. They had power to appoint all officers below the rank of third lieutenant, and had the control, under the immediate sanction of the Congress, of all naval operations. Their lack of professional knowledge caused many and vexatious mistakes, and the Congress finally resolved
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Bland 47. Edmund Pendleton 48. Richard Henry Lee 49. Henry MiddletonSouth CarolinaJuly 6, 1774 50. Christopher Gadsden 51. Edward Rutledge 52. John Rutledge 53. Thomas Lynch 54. Richard CaswellNorth CarolinaAug. 25, 1774 55. Joseph Hewes 56. William Hooper Delegates mentioned above not present at first day of meeting.Date of Joining. Richard Henry LeeVirginiaSept. 6, 1774 Thomas JohnsonMarylandSept. 6, 1774 Matthew TilghmanMarylandSept. 12, 1774 Henry WisnerNew YorkSept. 14, 1774 John Alsop George RossPennsylvaniaSept. 14, 1774 Joseph HewesNorth CarolinaSept. 14, 1774 William Hooper Richard CaswellNorth CarolinaSept. 17, 1774 John DickinsonPennsylvaniaSept. 17, 1774 John HerringNew YorkSept. 26, 1774 Simon BoerumNew YorkOct. 1, 1774 Congress resolves that in determining questions, each colony or province shall have one vote ......Sept. 6, 1774 Rev. Jacob Duche opens Congress with prayer......Sept. 7, 1774 Resolution of Suffolk, Mass., conven
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Carolina, (search)
. 1, 1774, all use of East India tea should be prohibited; that after Nov 1, 1774, importation of African slaves should cease; and that after Jan. 1, 1775, no East India or British goods should be imported......August, 1774 Richard Caswell, Joseph Hewes, and William Hooper, delegates to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia......Sept. 5, 1774 Committee of safety orders the return of a cargo of tea which had been shipped to William Hill; committee appointed......Nov. 23, 1774 Governo some mills in the vicinity embark, having Governor Martin on board, and sail for Charleston......May 29, 1776 Declaration of Independence of the United States read before the court-house in Halifax by Cornelius Harnett......Aug. 1, 1776 Joseph Hewes, William Hooper, and John Penn, for North Carolina, sign the Declaration of Independence......Aug. 2, 1776 A congress chosen by election assembles at Halifax, Nov. 12, 1776, frames a constitution for North Carolina not submitted to the peop