Signers of the Declaration / Historic Places Commemorating the Signing of the Declaration of Independence
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Independence Hall in 1776. Here the Continental Congress adopted and signed the Declaration of Independence.
John Trumbull’s “The Declaration of Independence” hangs in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Depicting the drafting committee presenting the document to the Continental Congress, the painting commemorates the signers.
THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF HISTORIC SITES AND BUILDINGS • VOLUME XVIII
Signers OF THE DECLARATION
Historic Places Commemorating the Signing of the Declaration of Independence
ROBERT G. FERRIS Series Editor
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Washington, D.C. 1973
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Ernest A. Connally OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION Robert M. Utley, Director DIVISION OF HISTORY A. Russell Mortensen, Chief HISTORIC SITES SURVEY Horace J. Sheely, Jr., Chief
This volume incorporates a comprehensive survey of sites and buildings associated with the signers accomplished by Charles W. Snell and the late John O. Littleton. Also utilized were survey and evaluation reports authored by the following individuals: S. Sydney Bradford, Charles E. Hatch, Jr., W. Brown Morton III, Denys Peter Myers, John D. R. Platt, Frank B. Sarles, Jr., Charles E. Shedd, Jr., Horace J. Sheely, Jr., and Martin I. Yoelson. These surveys and reports were reviewed by the Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings, and Monuments. Members of this group are listed in the Acknowledgments. Directly involved in all aspects of the preparation of this book were Assistant Editor Richard E. Morris and Editorial Assistant James H. Charleton. It was designed by Gary Gore.
THIS BOOK IS ISSUED AS PART OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OBSERVANCE OF OUR NATION’S BICENTENNIAL.
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Contents
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Josiah Bartlett
Carter Braxton
Charles Carroll
Samuel Chase
Abraham Clark
George Clymer
William Ellery
William Floyd
Benjamin Franklin
Elbridge Gerry
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
John Hancock
Benjamin Harrison
John Hart
Joseph Hewes
Thomas Heyward, Jr.
William Hooper
Stephen Hopkins
Francis Hopkinson
Samuel Huntington
Thomas Jefferson
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Francis Lewis
Philip Livingston
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
Thomas McKean
Arthur Middleton
Lewis Morris
Robbert Morris
John Morton
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
William Paca
Robert Treat Paine
John Penn
George Read
Caesar Rodney
George Ross
Benjamin Rush
Edward Rutledge
Roger Sherman
James Smith
Richard Stockton
Thomas Stone
George Taylor
Matthew Thornton
George Walton
William Whipple
William Williams
James Wilson
John Witherspoon
Oliver Wolcott
George Wythe
Huntington Birthplace, Connecticut ∆
Huntington House, Connecticut ⊗
Williams Birthplace, Connecticut ⊗
Williams House, Connecticut ∆
Wolcott House, Connecticut ∆
The White House, District of Columbia ∆
College Hill, Georgia ∆
Meadow Garden, Georgia ⊗
Tabby Cottage, Georgia ⊗
Whipple Birthplace, Maine ⊗
Carroll Mansion, Maryland
Carrollton Manor, Maryland ⊗
Chase-Lloyd House, Maryland ∆
Deshon-Caton-Carroll House, Maryland ⊗
Doughoregan Manor, Maryland ∆
Habre-de-Venture, Maryland ∆
Paca House, Maryland ∆
Peggy Stewart House, Maryland
Adams (John) Birthplace, Massachusetts ∆
Adams (John Quincy) Birthplace, Massachusetts ∆
Adams National Historic Site, Massachusetts ☑
Elmwood, Massachusetts ∆
Gerry Birthplace, Massachusetts ⊗
Hancock-Clarke House, Massachusetts ∆
Bartlett House, New Hampshire ∆
Moffatt-Ladd House, New Hampshire ∆
Thornton House, New Hampshire ∆
Hopkinson House, New Jersey ∆
Maybury Hill, New Jersey ∆
Morven, New Jersey ∆
President’s House, New Jersey ∆
Tusculum, New Jersey ⊗
Floyd Birthplace (Fire Island National Seashore), New York ☑
General Floyd House, New York ∆
Iredell House, North Carolina ⊗
Nash-Hooper House, North Carolina ∆
Independence National Historical Park, Pennsylvania ☑
Parsons-Taylor House, Pennsylvania ⊗
Shippen-Wistar House, Pennsylvania ⊗
Summerseat, Pennsylvania ∆
Taylor House, Pennsylvania ∆
Governor Hopkins House, Rhode Island ∆
Heyward-Washington House, South Carolina ∆
Hopsewee-on-the-Santee, South Carolina ∆
Middleton Place, South Carolina ∆
Rutledge House, South Carolina ∆
Berkeley, Virginia ∆
Elsing Green, Virginia ∆
Menokin, Virginia ∆
Monticello, Virginia ∆
Mount Airy, Virginia ∆
Nelson House (Colonial National Historical Park), Virginia ☑
Poplar Forest, Virginia ∆
Stratford Hall, Virginia ∆
Tuckahoe, Virginia ∆
Wythe House, Virginia ∆
Suggested Reading
Acknowledgments
Art and Picture Credits
Index
Transcriber’s Notes
