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Declaration of Independence

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Rare July 1776 Philadelphia Printing
http://www.declarationofindependence.info

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…”

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[Declaration of Independence] Pennsylvania Packet, July 8, 1776, Centennial 1876 Reprint, Newspaper, with the entire text of the Declaration on page 1, 13”x 23” framed 15”x 25”.

Once the Declaration of Independence was passed by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776 the mission of the Delegates was to transmit the document to all the Colonists.  John Dunlap was given the task to print broadside copies of the Declaration and also published the entire resolution on the front page of his paper, The Pennsylvania Packet.  Through the newspaper and the broadsides the Declaration of Independence was heralded to the world.

Robert Morris
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Signer of the 1777 and 1787 U.S. Constitutions
Superintendent of Finance 1781-1784
http://famousamericans.net/robertmorris/

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Morris, Robert -- Autograph letter signed "Robt Morris," dated Philadelphia, 9^th March 1798, to John Nicholson, his partner in speculating, from debtors' prison.

"The enclosed letters of the 7^th from the trustees came hither last night. It appears that they grow sore under your letters and I confess that the reply as to Oden I expected after taking a copy. I suppose you will return this letter with such remarks as may occur."

This letter was docketed by Nicholson, who apparently had no remarks to make. Morris and Nicholson had speculated heavily inland together, but when the real estate market collapsed on their North American Land Company venture, Morris was left penniless and deep in debt. His letters from jail are scarce. Framed with this letter is a facsimile of an Autograph Document Signed "Robt Morris," dated December 12, 1794. This promissory note used as a court exhibit at the proceedings that freed him from debtor's prison in 1801 and it is an unpaid note to Mathias Kirlin for $1,336.67 due within 60 days.

Robert Morris, who voted against the Declaration of Independence but signed it after it was adopted, was the keystone to bolstering and supporting the economy of the U.S. during the late war, often using his own money to avert the collapse of the government. After the Revolution Morris speculated wildly, often on overextended credit, in lands in the West and at the site of Washington, DC. Morris attempted to escape creditors by retreating to The Hills, the country estate he had acquired in 1770. Arrested at the behest of creditors in 1798, Morris was thrown into the Philadelphia debtor's prison. By the time he was released in 1801, under a federal bankruptcy law of which the above note was used at his trial, his properly and fortune had vanished, his health had deteriorated, and his spirit had been broken. Robert Morris died in 1806 at 73 years old.

William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
http://famousamericans.net/williamellery/

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Ellery, William -- Autograph document signed “Wm. Ellery,” written to Thomas Burgess.  Ellery is requesting Burgess to furnish a list of “Petitioners for the benefit of the Act of Congress of Jany. 2, 1813.”  This one page letter, measuring 6 ½ x 8 ¼ inches, is docketed by Thomas Burgess perpendicular to Ellery’s text.  Seal of Ellery in lower left corner.  Document is framed, 23” x 16”, for display.

William Ellery was born in Rhode Island in 1727.  He practiced law in Newport, Rhode Island until he was elected to the Continental Congress of 1776, where he served on several committees and signed the Declaration of Independence.   He served in both bodies until 1785 when he was appointed a United States, in Congress Assembled commissioner of the Continental Loan Office in 1786.   William Ellery died in 1820 at 92 years old.    

George Ross
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
http://famousamericans.net/GeorgeRoss/

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Ross, George - Autograph document signed “Geo. Ross,” dated  “January Term 1750.”  A response to a summons for Nathaniel Simpson of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania to appear regarding money owed to Jacob Snevley.  George Ross as attorney for Nathaniel Simpson writes his rebuttal on one page measuring 7 ½ x 12 ½ inches and  framed, 23 ½” x 26”,  for display.  

George Ross was born on May 10, 1730 in New Castle Delaware. He studied law and established a practice in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  From 1768 to 1774 he was a member of the assembly of Pennsylvania and represented the county of Lancaster.  He was appointed to assist in preparing a declaration of rights for the colony/state, for forming rules of order for the convention, and for defining and settling what should be considered high treason and misprision of treason against the state as well as the punishments that should be levied for those offenses. In 1774 he was elected to the Continental Congress, where he remained until 1777until  he was appointed a judge of the Court of Admiralty for the state of Pennsylvania, but died on July 14, 1779 from an attack of gout at just 50 years old. 

George Clymer
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
http://famousamericans.net/GeorgeClymer/

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Clymer, George - Partly printed document signed “ G Clymer” regarding the importation of alcohol into Pennsylvania.  Clymer has signed as the Supervisor of the Revenue for the District of Pennsylvania.  The document is framed, 26”x 12” for display. 

George Clymer was born in Philadelphia on March 16, 1739.  His uncle raised him and made him a partner in his mercantile business. Clymer attended patriotic meetings, served on the Pennsylvania council of safety, and in 1773 headed a committee that forced the resignation of Philadelphia tea consignees appointed by Britain under the Tea Act. In 1775-76 he acted as one of the first two Continental treasurers, even personally underwriting the war by exchanging all his own specie for Continental currency.

In December 1776, when Congress fled from Philadelphia to Baltimore, he, George Walton and Robert Morris remained behind to carry on congressional business. After the British victory at the Battle of Brandywine, British troops advancing on Philadelphia detoured for the purpose of vandalizing Clymer's home in Chester County about 25 miles outside the city.   After the war Clymer served as a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention which framed the Constitution of 1787. He was elected to the First 1789 Congress (March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1791) serving as chairman of the Committee on Elections.  In 1790 he was appointed collector of excise duties but resigned after the Whisky Rebellion. He re-emerged in public life in 1796 being one of the appointed commissioners to negotiate a treaty with the Cherokees and the Creeks Native Americans.  On January 23, 1813 he died at his home, “Sommerseat,” in Morrisville, Pennsylvania and is interred in Friends Meeting House Burial Ground, Trenton, N.J.

The American Archives
by Peter Force
http://www.stanklos.net

Stanley L. Klos Collection  CF-018

[FORCE, Peter] (editor) for the American Archives: consisting of a Collection of Authentick Records, State Papers, Debates, and Letters and other Notices of Publick Affairs, the Whole forming a Documentary History of the Origin and Progress of the North American Colonies; of the Causes and Accomplishment of the American Revolution; and of the Constitution of Government for the United States, to the Final Ratification thereof. In Six Series.... Prepared and Published Under Authority of an Act of Congress. [title page, Fourth Series] American Archives: Fourth Series, Containing a Documentary History of the English Colonies in North America, from the King’s Message to the Parliament, of March 7, 1774, to the Declaration of Independence of the United States. Washington: Published by M. St. Clair Clarke and Peter Force, 1837-1846. 6 vols. [title page, Fifth Series] American Archives: Fifth Series, Containing a Documentary History of the United States of America, from the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, to the Definitive Treaty of Peace with Great Britain, September 3, 1783. Washington: Published by M. St. Clair Clarke and Peter Force, 1848-1853. 3 vols. Total: 9 vols., folio.

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The American Archives as originally planned involved the publication of in thirty  folio volumes, of important original sources of American history from the seventeenth century through 1789 including the Declaration of Independence, official documents of the Continental Congress, United States, in Congress Assembled and the Congress of the United States. He also included private correspondence of special significance in the work that was begun under contract with the Department of State, by an act of Congress. The six volumes of Series Four were published from 1837 to 1846, and by 1853 three volumes of the Fifth Series had appeared. These nine volumes covered the years 1774-1776 but the work ceased when Secretary of State William L. Marcy refused to approve the funds necessary  for the completion of the undertaking, and no more volumes appeared.   Peter Force, now in his 60’s was devastated financially.   In the end his historical sense of what to acquired served him well as he found himself in the possession of some of the most important original papers in American History.  He ended up selling the papers to the Library of Congress for $100,000.

Presidential and Capitol Trading Cards
15 Different 4" x 6"

ISBN: 0-9752627-9-3

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Peyton Randolph & City Tavern         Henry Middleton &  Carpenters Hall         John Hancock & George Washington        Henry Laurens & York Court House

John Jay & Kew Palace            Samuel Huntington &  Independence  Hall         Thomas McKean & Lancaster Court House       John Hanson & Great Seal

Elias Boudinot & Nassau Hall           Thomas Mifflin &  Maryland State House    Richard Henry Lee & French Arms Tavern      John Hancock & Henry Fite House

Nathaniel Gorham & Versailles          Arthur St. Clair & New York City Hall         Cyrus Griffin & Fraunces Tavern

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Medallions of the United States Founding
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Forgotten Founders Exhibit 
Minnesota Convention Center
August 29th - September 4, 2008

King George III                    Charles Thomson

Presidents of the Continental Congress

Declaration of Independence                  Continental Congress

Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled

United States in Congress Assembled

*Huntington was elected as President of the Continental Congress but
ascended to the United States Presidency on March 2, 1781
under the Constitution of 1777 -- The Articles of Confederation

Eight Capitol Medallions of the United Colonies/States of America
1774 – 1789

Philadelphia	September 5, 1774 to October 24, 1774	City Tavern on September 4th and then Carpenters Hall
Philadelphia	May 10, 1775 to December 12, 1776	Pennsylvania State House
Baltimore	December 20, 1776 to February 27, 1777	Henry Fite House, Maryland
Philadelphia	March 4, 1777 to September 18, 1777	Pennsylvania State House
Lancaster	September 27, 1777	Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Court House
York	September 30, 1777 to June 27, 1778:	York, Pennsylvania, Court House
Philadelphia	July 2, 1778 to June 21, 1783	Philadelphia, College Hall, then Pennsylvania State House
Princeton,	June 30, 1783 to November 4, 1783	Prospect House and then Nassau Hall, New Jersey
Annapolis	November 26, 1783 to August 19, 1784	Maryland State House
Trenton	November 1, 1784 to December 24, 1784	French Arms Tavern, New Jersey
New York City	January 11, 1785 to November 13, 1788	New York City Hall
New York City	November 1788 - March 1789	Fraunces Tavern

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