Appendices
Appendices
Appendix I: Signers of the Declaration of Independence | |||||||
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State | Birthdate | Birthplace | Age at Signing | Occupation | Death Date | Age at Death | |
Adams, John | MA | 10/30/1735 | Quincy, MA | 40 | Lawyer | 7/4/1826 | 90 |
Adams, Samuel | MA | 9/27/1722 | Boston, MA | 53 | Politician | 10/2/1803 | 81 |
Bartlett, Josiah | NH | 11/21/1729 | Amesbury, MA | 46 | Physician | 5/19/1795 | 65 |
Braxton, Carter | VA | 9/10/1736 | Newington, VA | 39 | Planter Merchant, Planter | 10/10/1797 | 61 |
Carroll, Charles (of Carrollton) | MD | 9/19/1737 | Annapolis, MD | 38 | 11/14/1832 | 95 | |
Chase, Samuel | MD | 4/17/1741 | Somerset Co., MD | 35 | Lawyer | 6/19/1811 | 70 |
Clark, Abraham | NJ | 2/15/1726 | Elizabethtown, NJ | 50 | Surveyor | 9/15/1794 | 68 |
Clymer, George | PA | 3/16/1739 | Philadelphia, PA | 37 | Merchant | 1/24/1813 | 73 |
Ellery, William | RI | 12/22/1727 | Newport, RI | 48 | Lawyer, Merchant | 2/15/1820 | 92 |
Floyd, William | NJ | 12/17/1734 | Brookhaven, NY | 41 | Land Speculator | 8/4/1821 | 86 |
Franklin, Benjamin | PA | 1/17/1706 | Boston, MA | 70 | Printer, scientist | 4/17/1790 | 84 |
Gerry, Elbridge | MA | 7/17/1744 | Marblehead, MA | 32 | Merchant | 11/23/1814 | 70 |
Gwinnett, Button | GA | 1735 | Gloucester, England | 41 | Merchant, Planter | 5/15/1777 | 42 |
Hall, Lyman | GA | 4/12/1724 | Wallingford, CT | 52 | Physician, Minister | 10/19/1790 | 66 |
Hancock, John | MA | 1/12/1737 | Quincy, MA | 40 | Merchant | 10/8/1793 | 56 |
Harrison, Benjamin | VA | 4/7/1726 | Charles City Co., VA | 65 | Planter | 4/24/1791 | 65 |
Hart, John | NJ | 1714 | Hopewell, NJ | 62 | Landowner | 5/11/1779 | 65 |
Hewes, Joseph | NY | 1/23/1730 | Kingston, NJ | 46 | Merchant | 10/10/1779 | 49 |
Heyward, Thomas | SC | 7/28/1746 | St. Helena Parish, SC | 30 | Lawyer, Planter | 3/6/1809 | 62 |
Hooper, William | NC | 6/17/1742 | Boston, MA | 34 | Lawyer | 10/14/1790 | 48 |
Hopkins, Stephen | RI | 3/7/1707 | Providence, RI | 69 | Merchant | 4/13/1785 | 78 |
Hopkinson, Francis | NJ | 10/2/1737 | Philadelphia, PA | 38 | Lawyer, Composer | 5/9/1791 | 53 |
Huntington, Samuel | CT | 7/3/1731 | Windham, CT | 45 | Lawyer | 1/5/1796 | 64 |
Jefferson, Thomas | VA | 4/13/1743 | Albemarle Co., VA | 33 | Lawyer, Planter | 7/4/1826 | 83 |
Lee, Francis Lightfoot | VA | 10/14/1734 | Mt. Pleasant, VA | 41 | Planter | 1/11/1797 | 62 |
Lee, Richard Henry | VA | 1/20/1732 | Stratford, VA | 44 | Planter | 6/19/1794 | 62 |
Lewis, Francis | NY | 3/21/1713 | Llandaff, Wales | 63 | Merchant | 12/30/1802 | 89 |
Livingston, Philip | NY | 1/15/1716 | Albany, NY | 60 | Merchant | 6/12/1778 | 62 |
Lynch, Thomas, Jr. | SC | 8/5/1749 | Winyah, SC | 26 | Lawyer | 1779 | 30 |
McKean, Thomas | DE | 3/19/1735 | Chester Co., PA | 42 | Lawyer | 6/24/1817 | 83 |
Middleton, Arthur | SC | 6/26/1742 | Charleston, SC | 34 | Planter | 1/1/1787 | 44 |
Morris, Lewis | NY | 4/8/1726 | Westchester Co., NY | 50 | Landowner | 1/22/1798 | 71 |
Morris, Robert | PA | 1/31/1734 | Liverpool, England | 42 | Merchant | 5/8/1806 | 72 |
Morton, John | PA | 1725 | Tinicum, PA | 51 | Farmer, Lawyer | 4/1/1777 | 52 |
Nelson, Thomas, Jr. | VA | 12/26/1738 | Yorktown, VA | 37 | Merchant, Planter | 1/4/1789 | 50 |
Paca, William | MD | 10/31/1740 | Abington, MD | 35 | Lawyer, Planter | 10/13/1799 | 58 |
Paine, Robert Treat | MA | 3/11/1731 | Boston, MA | 45 | Lawyer | 5/12/1814 | 83 |
Penn, John | NC | 5/6/1740 | Carolina Co., VA | 36 | Lawyer | 9/14/1788 | 48 |
Read, George | DE | 9/18/1733 | Cecil Co., MD | 42 | Lawyer | 9/21/1798 | 65 |
Rodney, Caesar | DE | 10/7/1728 | Dover, DE | 47 | Landowner | 6/29/1784 | 55 |
Ross, George | PA | 5/10/1730 | New Castle, DE | 46 | Lawyer | 7/14/1779 | 49 |
Rush, Benjamin | PA | 1/4/1746 | Philadelphia, PA | 30 | Physician | 4/19/1813 | 67 |
Rutledge, Edward | SC | 11/23/1749 | Christ Church Parish, SC | 26 | Lawyer, Planter | 1/23/1800 | 50 |
Sherman, Roger | CT | 4/19/1721 | Newton, MA | 55 | Surveyor, Merchant | 7/23/1793 | 72 |
Smith, James | PA | 9/17/1719 | Ireland | 57 | Lawyer | 7/11/1806 | 87 |
Stockton, Richard | NJ | 10/1/1730 | Princeton, NJ | 45 | Lawyer | 2/28/1781 | 50 |
Stone, Thomas | MD | 1743 | Durham Parish, MD | 33 | Lawyer | 10/5/1787 | 44 |
Taylor, George | PA | 1716? | Ireland | 60 | Ironmaster | 2/23/1781 | 65 |
Thornton, Matthew | NH | 1714? | Ireland | 62 | Physician | 6/24/1803 | 89 |
Walton, George | GA | 1749? | Cumberland Co., VA? | 27 | Lawyer | 2/2/1804 | 55 |
Whipple, William | NH | 1/14/1730 | Kittery, ME | 46 | Merchant | 11/28/1785 | 55 |
Williams, William | CT | 3/18/1731 | Lebanon, CT | 45 | Merchant | 8/2/1811 | 80 |
Wilson, James | PA | 9/14/1742 | Carskerdo, Scotland | 33 | Lawyer | 8/21/1798 | 55 |
Witherspoon, John | NJ | 2/5/1723 | Gifford, Scotland | 53 | Minister | 11/15/1794 | 71 |
Wolcott, Oliver | CT | 11/20/1726 | Windsor, CT | 49 | Lawyer | 12/1/1797 | 71 |
Wythe, George | VA | 1726? | Elizabeth City Co., VA | 50 | Lawyer | 6/8/1806 | 80 |
Appendix II: Delegates to the Continental Congress | |
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Member | Years served |
CONNECTICUT | |
Andrew Adams | 1778–1782 |
Josiah P. Cooke | 1784–1785, 1787–1788 |
Silas Deane | 1774–1776 |
Eliphalet Dyer | 1774–1779, 1782–1783 |
Pierrepont Edwards | 1788 |
Oliver Ellsworth | 1778–1783 |
Titus Hosmer | 1778 |
Benjamin Huntington | 1780, 1782–1783, 1788 |
Samuel Huntington | 1776, 1778–1781, 1783 |
William S. Johnson | 1785–1787 |
Richard Law | 1781–1782 |
Stephen M. Mitchell | 1785–1788 |
Jesse Root | 1778–1782 |
Roger Sherman | 1774–1782, 1784 |
Joseph Spencer | 1779 |
Jonathan Sturges | 1786 |
James Wadsworth | 1784 |
Jeremiah Wadsworth | 1788 |
William Williams | 1776–1777 |
Oliver Wolcott | 1776–1778, 1781–1783 |
Elected from Connecticut but did not serve: Joseph Trumbull, Erastus Wolcott, Jedediah Strong, John Treadwell, William Pitkin, William Hillhouse, John Canfield, Charles Church Chandler, John Chester. | |
DELAWARE | |
Gunning Bedford, Jr. | 1783–1785 |
John Dickinson | 1779 |
Philemon Dickinson | 1782–1783 |
Dyre Kearny | 1787–1788 |
Eleazer McComb | 1783–1784 |
Thomas McKean | 1774–1776, 1778–1782 |
Nathaniel Mitchell | 1787–1788 |
John Patten | 1786 |
William Peery | 1786 |
George Read | 1774–1777 |
Caesar Rodney | 1774–1776 |
Thomas Rodney | 1781–1782, 1786 |
James Tilton | 1783–1784 |
Nicholas Van Dyke | 1777–1781 |
John Vining | 1784–1785 |
Samuel Wharton | 1782–1783 |
Elected from Delaware but did not serve: John Evans, James Sykes, Henry Latimer, John McKinly, Samuel Patterson, Isaac Grantham. | |
GEORGIA | |
Abraham Baldwin | 1785, 1787–1788 |
Nathan Brownson | 1777 |
Archibald Bulloch | 1775 |
William Few | 1780–1782, 1786–1787 |
William Gibbons | 1784 |
Button Gwinnett | 1776 |
John Habersham | 1785 |
Lyman Hall | 1775–1777 |
John Houstoun | 1775 |
William Houstoun | 1784–1786 |
Richard Howley | 1781 |
Noble Wymberly Jones | 1781–1782 |
Edward Langworthy | 1777–1779 |
William Pierce | 1787 |
Edward Telfair | 1778, 1780–1782 |
George Walton | 1776–1777, 1780–1781 |
John Walton | 1777 |
Joseph Wood | 1777–1778 |
John J. Zubly | 1775 |
Elected from Georgia but did not serve: Joseph Clay, Benjamin Andrew, Samuel Stirk, Lachlan Mclntosh. |
Member | Years served |
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MARYLAND | |
Robert Alexander | 1776 |
William Carmichael | 1778–1779 |
Charles Carroll of Carrollton | 1776–1778 |
Daniel Carroll | 1781–1783 |
Jeremiah T. Chase | 1783–1784 |
Samuel Chase | 1774–1778 |
Benjamin Contee | 1788 |
James Forbes | 1778–1780 |
Uriah Forrest | 1787 |
Robert Goldsborough | 1774–1776 |
John Hall | 1775 |
John Hanson | 1780–1782 |
William Harrison | 1786 |
William Hemsley | 1782–1783 |
John Henry | 1778–1780, 1785–1786 |
William Hindman | 1785–1786 |
John E. Howard | 1788 |
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer | 1779–1781 |
Thomas Johnson | 1774–1776 |
Thomas Sim Lee | 1783 |
Edward Lloyd | 1783–1784 |
James McHenry | 1783–1785 |
Luther Martin | 1785 |
William Paca | 1774–1779 |
George Plater | 1778–1780 |
Richard Potts | 1781 |
Nathaniel Ramsey | 1786–1787 |
John Rogers | 1775–1776 |
David Ross | 1787–1789 |
Benjamin Rumsey | 1777 |
Joshua Seney | 1788 |
William Smith | 1777 |
Thomas Stone | 1775–1778, 1784 |
Matthew Tilghman | 1774–1776 |
Turbutt Wright | 1782 |
Elected but did not serve: Richard Ridgely, Gustavus Scott, Edward Giles | |
MASSACHUSETTS | |
John Adams | 1774–1778 |
Samuel Adams | 1774–1782 |
Thomas Cushing | 1774–1776 |
Francis Dana | 1777–1778, 1783–1784 |
Nathan Dane | 1785–1788 |
Elbridge Gerry | 1776–1780, 1783–1785 |
Nathaniel Gorham | 1783, 1786–1788 |
John Hancock | 1775–1778 |
Stephen Higginson | 1783 |
Samuel Holten | 1778–1780, 1783–1785, 1787 |
Jonathan Jackson | 1781–1782 |
Rufus King | 1784–1787 |
James Lovell | 1777–1782 |
John Lowell | 1782 |
Samuel Osgood | 1781–1784 |
Samuel A. Otis | 1787–1789 |
Robert Treat Paine | 1774–1776 |
George Partridge | 1779–1782, 1787 |
Theodore Sedgwick | 1785–1786, 1788 |
George Thatcher | 1788–1789 |
Artemas Ward | 1781 |
Elected from Massachusetts but did not serve: James Sullivan, James Bowdoin, Timothy Edwards, Caleb Strong, Timothy Danielson, Tristram Dalton. | |
NEW HAMPSHIRE | |
Josiah Bartlett | 1775–1778 |
Jonathan Blanchard | 1783–1784 |
Nathaniel Folsom | 1774, 1777–1780 |
Member | Years served |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE [CONTINUED] | |
Abiel Foster | 1783–1785 |
George Frost | 1777–1779 |
John Taylor Gilman | 1782–1783 |
Nicholas Gilman | 1787–1789 |
John Langdon | 1775–1776, 1786–1787 |
Woodbury Langdon | 1779–1780 |
Samuel Livermore | 1780–1783, 1785–1786 |
Pierse Long | 1784–1786 |
Nathaniel Peabody | 1779–1780 |
John Sullivan | 1774–1775, 1780–1781 |
Matthew Thornton | 1776–1777 |
John Wentworth, Jr. | 1777 |
William Whipple | 1776–1779 |
Phillips White | 1782–1783 |
Paine Wingate | 1788–1789 |
Elected from New Hampshire but did not serve: Ebenezer Thompson, Timothy Walker, Jr., Joshua Wentworth, George Adkinson, Benjamin Bellows, Moses Dow, Elisha Payne. | |
NEW JERSEY | |
John Beatty | 1783–1785 |
Elias Boudinot | 1778, 1781–1783 |
William Burnet | 1780–1781 |
Lambert Cadwalader | 1784–1787 |
Abraham Clark | 1776–1778, 1780–1783, 1786–1788 |
Silas Condict | 1781–1783 |
Stephen Crane | 1774–1776 |
Jonathan Dayton | 1787–1788 |
John De Hart | 1774–1776 |
Samuel Dick | 1783–1785 |
Jonathan Elmer | 1777–1778, 1781–1783, 1787–1788 |
John Fell | 1777–1780 |
Frederick Frelinghuysen | 1779, 1783 |
John Hart | 1776 |
Francis Hopkinson | 1776 |
Josiah Hornblower | 1785–1786 |
William C. Houston | 1779–1781, 1784–1785 |
James Kinsey | 1774–1775 |
William Livingston | 1774–1776 |
James Schureman | 1786–1787 |
Nathaniel Scudder | 1778–1779, 1781 |
Jonathan D. Sergeant | 1776–1777 |
Richard Smith | 1774–1776 |
John Stevens | 1784 |
Charles Stewart | 1784–1785 |
Richard Stockton | 1776 |
John C. Symmes | 1785–1786 |
John Witherspoon | 1776–1782 |
Elected from New Jersey but did not serve: John Cooper, John Neilson, William Paterson. | |
NEW YORK | |
John Alsop | 1774–1776 |
Egbert Benson | 1784, 1787–1788 |
Simon Boerum | 1774–1775 |
George Clinton | 1775–1776 |
Charles De Witt | 1784 |
James Duane | 1774–1779, 1781–1783 |
William Duer | 1777–1778 |
William Floyd | 1774–1776, 1779–1783 |
Leonard Gansevoort | 1788 |
David Gelston | 1789 |
Alexander Hamilton | 1782–1783, 1788 |
John Haring | 1774, 1785–1787 |
John Jay | 1774–1779, 1784 |
Member | Years served |
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NEW YORK [CONTINUED] | |
John Lansing, Jr. | 1785 |
John Lawrance | 1785–1787 |
Francis Lewis | 1775–1779, 1781–1783 |
Ezra L'Hommedieu | 1779–1783, 1788 |
Philip Livingston | 1775–1778 |
Robert R. Livingston | 1775–1776, 1779–1781, 1785 |
Walter Livingston | 1784–1785 |
Isaac Low | 1774 |
Gouverneur Morris | 1778–1779 |
Lewis Morris | 1775–1777 |
Alexander McDougall | 1781 |
Ephraim Paine | 1784 |
Philip Pell | 1789 |
Zephaniah Platt | 1785–1786 |
Philip Schuyler | 1775, 1777, 1779–1780 |
John Morin Scott | 1780–1782 |
Melancton Smith | 1785–1787 |
Henry Wisner | 1775–1776 |
Abraham Yates | 1787–1788 |
Peter W. Yates | 1786 |
Elected from New York but did not serve: none. | |
NORTH CAROLINA | |
John B. Ashe | 1787 |
Timothy Bloodworth | 1786 |
William Blount | 1783, 1786–1787 |
Thomas Burke | 1777–1781 |
Robert Burton | 1787 |
Richard Caswell | 1774–1775 |
William Cumming | 1785 |
Cornelius Harnett | 1777–1779 |
Benjamin Hawkins | 1782–1783, 1787 |
Joseph Hewes | 1774–1777, 1779 |
Whitmill Hill | 1778–1780 |
William Hooper | 1774–1777 |
Samuel Johnston | 1780–1782 |
Allen Jones | 1779–1780 |
Willie Jones | 1780–1781 |
Abner Nash | 1782–1783 |
John Penn | 1775–1780 |
William Sharpe | 1779–1781 |
John Sitgreaves | 1784–1785 |
Richard D. Spaight | 1783–1785 |
John Swann | 1787–1788 |
James White | 1786–1788 |
John Williams | 1777–1779 |
Hugh Williamson | 1782–1785, 1787–1788 |
Elected from North Carolina but did not serve: Ephraim Brevard, Adlai Osborn, Thomas Person, Charles Johnson, Joseph McDowell, Nathaniel Macon, Alexander Martin, Thomas Polk, Benjamin Smith, John Stokes. | |
PENNSYLVANIA | |
Andrew Allen | 1775–1776 |
John Armstrong | 1779–1780, 1787–1788 |
Samuel J. Atlee | 1778–1782 |
John B. Bayard | 1785–1786 |
Edward Biddle | 1775 |
William Bingham | 1786–1788 |
William Clingan | 1777–1779 |
George Clymer | 1776–1778, 1780 |
Tench Coxe | 1788–1789 |
John Dickinson | 1774–1776 |
Thomas FitzSimons | 1782–1783 |
Benjamin Franklin | 1775–1776 |
Joseph Galloway | 1774 |
Joseph Gardner | 1784–1785 |
Member | Years served | |
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PENNSYLVANIA [CONTINUED] | ||
Edward Hand | 1784–1785 | |
William Henry | 1784–1785 | |
Charles Humphreys | 1774–1776 | |
Jared Ingersoll | 1780 | |
William Irvine | 1787–1788 | |
David Jackson | 1785 | |
James McClene | 1779–1780 | |
Timothy Matlack | 1781 | |
Samuel Meredith | 1786–1788 | |
Thomas Mifflin | 1774–1775, 1783–1784 | |
John Montgomery | 1782–1784 | |
Joseph Montgomery | 1781–1782 | |
Cadwalader Morris | 1783–1784 | |
Robert Morris | 1776–1778 | |
John Morton | 1774–1776 | |
Frederick Muhlenberg | 1778–1780 | |
Richard Peters | 1782–1783 | |
Charles Pettit | 1785–1787 | |
Joseph Reed | 1778 | |
James R. Reid | 1787–1789 | |
Samuel Rhoads | 1774 | |
Daniel Roberdeau | 1777–1779 | |
George Ross | 1774–1777 | |
Benjamin Rush | 1776–1777 | |
Arthur St. Clair | 1786–1787 | |
James Searle | 1778–1780 | |
William Shippen | 1779–1780 | |
James Smith | 1776–1778 | |
Jonathan B. Smith | 1777–1778 | |
Thomas Smith | 1781–1782 | |
George Taylor | 1776 | |
Thomas Willing | 1775–1776 | |
James Wilson | 1775–1777, 1783, 1785–1787 | |
Henry Wynkoop | 1779–1782 | |
Elected from Pennsylania but did not serve: Matthew Clarkson, William Montgomery. | ||
RHODE ISLAND | ||
Jonathan Arnold | 1782–1784 | |
Peleg Arnold | 1787–1789 | |
John Collins | 1778–1783 | |
Ezekiel Cornell | 1780–1782 | |
William Ellery | 1776–1785 | |
John Gardiner | 1788–1789 | |
Jonathan J. Hazard | 1788 | |
Stephen Hopkins | 1774–1777 | |
David Howell | 1782–1785 | |
James Manning | 1785–1786 | |
Henry Marchant | 1777–1779 | |
Nathan Miller | 1785–1786 | |
Daniel Mowry, Jr. | 1781 | |
James M. Varnum | 1781, 1787 | |
Samuel Ward | 1774–1776 | |
Elected from Rode Island but did not serve: none. | ||
SOUTH CAROLINA | ||
Robert Barnwell | 1788–1789 | |
Thomas Bee | 1780–1782 | |
Richard Beresford | 1783–1784 | |
John Bull | 1784–1787 | |
Pierce Butler | 1787–1788 | |
William H. Drayton | 1778–1779 | |
Nicholas Eveleigh | 1781–1782 | |
Christopher Gadsden | 1774–1776 | |
John L. Gervais | 1782–1783 | |
Thomas Heyward, Jr. | 1776–1778 |
Member | Years served |
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SOUTH CAROLINA [CONTINUED] | |
Daniel Huger | 1786–1788 |
Richard Hutson | 1778–1779 |
Ralph Izard | 1782–1783 |
John Kean | 1785–1787 |
Francis Kinloch | 1780 |
Henry Laurens | 1777–1780 |
Thomas Lynch, Sr. | 1774–1776 |
Thomas Lynch, Jr. | 1776 |
John Mathews | 1778–1782 |
Arthur Middleton | 1776–1777, 1781–1782 |
Henry Middleton | 1774–1776 |
Isaac Motte | 1780–1782 |
John Parker | 1786–1788 |
Charles Pinckney | 1784–1787 |
David Ramsay | 1782–1783, 1785–1786 |
Jacob Read | 1783–1785 |
Edward Rutledge | 1774–1776 |
John Rutledge | 1774–1775, 1782–1783 |
Thomas T. Tucker | 1787–1788 |
Elected from South Carolina but did not serve: Paul Trapier, Rawlins Lowndes, Alexander Gillon, William Moultrie, Thomas Sumter. | |
VIRGINIA | |
Thomas Adams | 1778–1779 |
John Banister | 1778 |
Richard Bland | 1774–1775 |
Theodorick Bland | 1781–1783 |
Carter Braxton | 1776 |
John Brown | 1787–1788 |
Edward Carrington | 1785–1787 |
John Dawson | 1788 |
William Fitzhugh | 1779 |
William Fleming | 1779–1780 |
William Grayson | 1785–1787 |
Cyrus Griffin | 1778–1780, 1787–1788 |
Samuel Hardy | 1783–1785 |
Benjamin Harrison | 1774–1777 |
John Harvie | 1777–1779 |
James Henry | 1780–1781 |
Patrick Henry | 1774–1775 |
Thomas Jefferson | 1775–1776, 1783–1784 |
Joseph Jones | 1780–1783 |
Arthur Lee | 1782–1784 |
Francis Lightfoot Lee | 1775–1779 |
Henry Lee | 1786–1788 |
Richard Henry Lee | 1774–1780, 1784–1787 |
James Madison | 1780–1783, 1787–1788 |
James Mercer | 1779–1780 |
John F. Mercer | 1783–1784 |
James Monroe | 1783–1786 |
Thomas Nelson, Jr. | 1775–1777, 1779 |
Mann Page | 1777 |
Edmund Pendleton | 1774–1775 |
Edmund Randolph | 1779, 1781–1782 |
Peyton Randolph | 1774–1775 |
Meriwether Smith | 1778–1781 |
John Walker | 1780 |
George Washington | 1774–1775 |
George Wythe | 1775–1776 |
Elected from Virginia but did not serve: Gabriel Jones, John Blair. |
Appendix III: Members of the British Cabinet | |
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Period of service | |
First Lord off the Treasury (Prime Minister) | |
Thomas Holles, Duke of Newcastle | June 1757–May 1762 |
John Stuart, Earl of Bute | May 1762–April 1763 |
George Grenville | April 1763–July 1765 |
Charles Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham | July 1765–July 1766; March–July 1782 |
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham | August 1766–October 1768 |
Augustus FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton | October 1768–January 1770 |
Frederick, Lord North | February 1770–March 1782 |
William Petty, Earl of Shelburne | July 1782–March 1783 |
William Bentinck, Duke of Portland | April–December 1783 |
Lord President of the Council | |
John Carteret, Earl Granville | 1751–January 1763 |
John Russell, Duke of Bedford | September 1763–July 1765 |
Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham | July 1765–July 1766 |
Robert Henley, Earl of Northington | July 1766–December 1767 |
Granville, Lord Gower | December 1767–November 1779 |
Henry, Earl Bathurst | November 1779–March 1782 |
Charles Pratt, Lord Camden | March 1782–March 1783 |
David Murray, Viscount Stormont | April-December 1783 |
Secretary of State for the Northern Department | |
Robert D'Arcy, Earl of Holderness | 1754–March 1761 |
John Stuart, Earl of Bute | March 1761–May 1762 |
George Grenville | May-October 1762 |
George Dunk, Earl of Halifax | October 1762–September 1763; January-June 1771 |
John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich | September 1763–July 1765 |
Augustus FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton | July-May 1765 |
General Henry S. Conway | May 1766–January 1768 |
Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth | January-October 1768 |
William van Zuylestein, Earl of Rochford | October 1768–December 1770 |
Henry Howard, Earl of Suffolk | June 1771–March 1779 |
David Murray, Viscount Stormont | October 1779–March 1782 |
Secretary of State for the Southern Department | |
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham | 1757–October 1761 |
Charles Wyndham, Earl of Egremont | October 1761–August |
George Dunk, Earl of Halifax | September 1763–July 1765 |
General Henry S. Conway | July 1765–May 1766 |
Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond | May-July 1766 |
William Petty, Earl of Shelburne | August 1766–October 1768 |
Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth | October 1768–December 1770; November 1775–November 1779 |
William van Zuylestein, Earl of Rochford | December 1770–October 1775 |
Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough | November 1779–March 1782 |
Secretary of State for the American Colonies | |
Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough | January 1768–August 1772 |
William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth | August 1772–Novermber 1775 |
George Germain, Viscount Sackville | November 1775–February 1782 |
Welbore Ellis | February-March 1782 |
Secretary of State for Home and Colonial Affairs | |
William Petty, Earl of Shelburne | March-July 1782 |
Thomas Townshend, Baron Sydney | July 1782–April 1783 |
Frederick, Lord North | April-December 1783 |
"Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs" | |
Charles James Fox | March-July 1782; April-December 1783 |
Thomas Robinson, Baron Grantham | July 1782–April 1783 |
Lord Chancellor | |
Robert Henley, Earl of Northington | 1757–July 1766 |
Charles Pratt, Lord Camden | July 1766–January 1770 |
Charles Yorke | January 1770 |
Henry, Earl Bathurst | January 1771–April 1778 |
Edward, Lord Thurlow | June 1778–1792 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
Henry B. Leffe | 1757–March 1761 |
William, Viscount Barrington | March 1761–May 1762 |
Francis Dashwood, Baron Le Despencer | May 1762–April 1763 |
George Grenville | April 1763–July 1765 |
William Dowdeswell | July 1765–July 1766 |
Charles Townshend | July 1766–September 1767 |
William Murray, Earl of Mansfield | September-October 1767 |
Frederick, Lord North | October 1767–March 1782 |
Lord John Cavendish | April-July 1782; April-December 1783 |
William Pitt | July 1782–April 1783 |
First Lord of the Admiralty | |
George, Baron Anson | March 1761–June 1762 |
George Dunk, Earl of Halifax | June 1762–January 1763 |
George Grenville | January-April 1763 |
John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich | April-September 1763; January 1771–March 1782 |
John Perceval, Earl of Egmont | September 1763–September 1766 |
Sir Charles Saunders | September-December 1766 |
Sir Edward Hawke | December 1766–January 1771 |
Augustus, Viscount Keppel | March-December 1782; April-December 1783 |
Richard, Earl Howe | January-April 1783 |
Commander in Chief | |
John, Earl of Ligonier | 1759–August 1766 |
John Manners, Marquess of Granby | August 1766–January 1770 |
Jeffrey, Baron Amherst | January 1778–March 1782 |
General Henry S. Conway | March 1782–December 1783 |
Master General of the Ordnance | |
John, Earl of Ligonier | 1759–1763 |
John Manners, Marquess of Granby | July 1763–January 1770 |
George, Marquess Townshend | 1772–March 1782 |
Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond | March 1782–1795 |
Secretary at War | |
William, Viscount Barrington | 1755–March 1761; July 1765–December 1778 |
Charles Townshend | March 1761–December 1762 |
Welbore Ellis | January 1763–July 1765 |
Charles Jenkinson | December 1778–March 1782 |
Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney | March-July 1782 |
Sir George Yonge | July 1782–April 1783 |
Richard Fitzpatrick | April-December 1783 |
President of the Board of Trade | |
George Dunk, Earl of Halifax | October 1757–March 1761 |
Samuel, Baron Sandys | March 1761–March 1763 |
Charles Townshend | March-April 1763 |
William Petty, Earl of Shelburne | April-September 1763 |
Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough | September 1763–July 1765; August-December 1766; January 1768–August 1772 |
William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth | July 1765–August 1766; August 1772–November 1775 |
Robert C. Nugent, Viscount Clare | December 1766–January 1768 |
George Germain, Viscount Sackville | November 1775–November 1779 |
Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle | November 1779–September 1780 |
Thomas Robinson, Baron Grantham | December 1780–June 1782 |
Appendix IV: Continental Army, General Offices | ||||
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Appointed | End of Service | |||
General in Chief | ||||
Washington, George | Virginia | 15-Jun-75 | 23-Dec-83 | resign |
Major Generals | ||||
1. Ward, Artemas | Massachusetts | 17-Jun 75 | 23-Apr 76 | resign |
2. Lee, Charles | Virginia | 17-Jun 75 | 10-Jan 80 | resign |
3. Schuyler, Philip John | New York | 19-Jun 75 | 19-Apr 79 | resign |
4. Putnam, Israel | Connecticut | 19-Jun 75 | 3 Jun 83 | resign |
5. Montgomery, Richard | New York | 9 Dec 75 from 3 bg | 31-Dec 75 | killed |
6. Thomas, John | Massachusetts | 6 Mar 76 from 2 bg | 2 Jun 76 | died |
7. Gates, Horatio | Virginia | 16-May 76 from 1 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
8. Heath, William | Massachusetts | 9 Aug 76 from 5 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
9. Spencer, Joseph | Connecticut | 9 Aug 76 from 6 bg | 13-Jan 78 | resign |
10. Sullivan, John | New Hampshire | 9 Aug 76 from 7 bg | 30-Nov 79 | resign |
11. Greene, Nathanael | Rhode Island | 9 Aug 76 from 8 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
12. Arnold, Benedict | Connecticut | 17-Feb 77 from 10 bg | 25-Sep 80 | traitor |
13. Alexander, William (Lord Stirling) | New York | 19-Feb 77 from 15 bg | 15-Jan 83 | resign |
14. Mifflin, Thomas | Pennsylvania | 19-Feb 77 from 18 bg | 25-Feb 79 | resign |
15. St. Clair, Arthur | Pennsylvania | 19-Feb 77 from 22 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
16. Stephen, Adam | Virginia | 19-Feb 77 from 26 bg | 20-Nov 77 | resign |
17. Lincoln, Benjamin | Massachusetts | 19-Feb 77 | 29-Oct 83 | resign |
18. Lafayette, Marquis De | France | 31-Jul 77 | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
19. Tronson de Coudray, Philippe | France | 11-Aug 77 | 15-Sep 77 | drowned |
20. De Kalb, Johann | France | 15-Sep 77 | 19-Aug 80 | killed |
21. Howe, Robert | North Carolina | 20-Oct 77 from 16 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
22. McDougall, Alexander | New York | 20-Oct 77 from 23 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
23. Conway, Thomas | France | 13-Dec 77 from 50 bg | 28-Apr 78 | resign |
24. Steuben, Friedrich | Germany | 5 May 78 | 15-Apr 84 | resign |
25. Smallwood, William | Maryland | 15-Sep 80 from 31 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
26. Parsons, Samuel Holden | Connecticut | 23-Oct 80 from 24 bg | 22-Jul 82 | resign |
27. Knox, Henry | Massachusetts | 15-Nov 81 from 34 bg | 20-Jun 84 | resign |
28. LeBegue DePresle Duportail, Louis | France | 16-Nov 81 from 53 bg | 10-Oct 83 | resign |
29. Moultrie, William | South Carolina | 15-Oct 82 from 28 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
Brigadier Generals | ||||
1. Gates, Horatio | Virginia | 17-Jun 75 | 16-May 76 | to 7 mg |
2. Thomas, John | Massachusetts | 22-Jun 75 | 6 Mar 76 | to 6 mg |
3. Montgomery, Richard | New York | 22-Jun 75 | 9 Dec 75 | to 3 mg |
4. Wooster, David | Connecticut | 22-Jun 75 | 2 May 77 | died |
5. Heath, William | Massachusetts | 22-Jun 75 | 9 Aug 76 | to 8 mg |
6. Spencer, Joseph | Connecticut | 22-Jun 75 | 9 Aug 76 | to 9 mg |
7. Sullivan, John | New Hampshire | 22-Jun 75 | 9 Aug 76 | to 10 mg |
8. Greene, Nathanael | Rhode Island | 22-Jun 75 | 9 Aug 76 | to 11 mg |
9. Frye, Joseph | Massachusetts | 10-Jan 76 | 23-Apr 76 | resign |
10. Arnold, Benedict | Connecticut | 10-Jan 76 | 17-Feb 77 | to 12 mg |
11. Armstrong, John Sr. | Pennsylvania | 1 Mar 76 | 4 Apr 77 | resign |
12. Thompson, William | Pennsylvania | 1 Mar 76 | 3 Sep 1781 | died |
13. Lewis, Andrew | Virginia | 1 Mar 76 | 15-Apr 77 | resign |
14. Moore, James | North Carolina | 1 Mar 76 | 9 Apr 77 | died |
15. Alexander, William (Lord Stirling) | New York | 1 Mar 76 | 19-Feb 77 | to 13 mg |
16. Howe, Robert | North Carolina | 1 Mar 76 | to 21 mg | |
17. Woedtke, Frederick, Baron De | France | |||
18. Mifflin, Thomas | Pennsylvania | to 14 mg | ||
19. Mercer, Hugh | Virginia | |||
20. Reed, James | New Hampshire | |||
21. Nixon, John | Massachusetts | |||
22. St. Clair, Arthur | Pennsylvania | to 15 mg | ||
23. McDougall, Alexander | New York | to 22 mg | ||
24. Parsons, Samuel Holden | Connecticut | to 26 mg | ||
25. Clinton, James | New York | |||
26. Stephen, Adam | Virginia | to 16 mg | ||
27. Gadsden, Christopher | South Carolina | |||
28. Moultrie, William | South Carolina | to 29 mg | ||
29. McIntosh, Lachlan | Georgia | |||
30. Maxwell, William | New Jersey | |||
31. Smallwood, William | Maryland | to 25 mg |
Appendix IV: Continental Army, General Offices [CONT] | ||||
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Appointed | End of Service | |||
Note: mg = Major General, bg = Brigadier General | ||||
32. Fermoy, Matthias | France | |||
33. Preudhomme DeBorre, Phillipe | France | |||
34. Knox, Henry | Massachusetts | to 27 mg | ||
35. Nash, Francis | North Carolina | |||
36. Poor, Enoch | New Hampshire | |||
37. Glover, John | Massachusetts | |||
38. Paterson, John | Massachusetts | |||
39. Wayne, Anthony | Pennsylvania | |||
40. Varnum, James Mitchell | Rhode Island | |||
41. deHaas, John P. | Pennsylvania | |||
42. Woodford, William | Virginia | |||
43. Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel | Virginia | |||
44. Weedon, George | Virginia | |||
45. Clinton, George | New York | |||
46. Hand, Edward | Pennsylvania | |||
47. Scott, Charles | Virginia | |||
48. Learned, Ebenezer | Massachusetts | |||
49. Huntington, Jedidiah | Connecticut | |||
50. Conway, Thomas | France | to 23 mg | ||
51. Pulaski, Casimir | Poland | |||
52. Stark, John | New Hampshire | |||
53. LeBegue DePresle Duportail, Louis | France | to 28 mg | ||
54. Sumner, Jethro | North Carolina | |||
55. Hogun, James | North Carolina | |||
56. Huger, Isaac | South Carolina | |||
57. Gist, Mordecai | Maryland | |||
58. Irvine, William | Pennsylvania | |||
59. Morgan, Daniel | Virginia | |||
60. Williams, Otho Holland | Maryland | |||
61. Greaton, John | Massachusetts | |||
62. Putnam, Rufus | Massachusetts | |||
63. Dayton, Elias | New Jersey | |||
64. Armand, Charles | France |
Appendix V: British Regiments | Arrived in America | Left America | |||||||||||
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Unit | Alternate unit name | Date | Year | Location | Date | Fate/Destination | |||||||
1 Part not interned at Yorktown left Charleston in 1782: 23rd, 33rd, and 71st. | SOURCE: Anthony D. Darling, Red Coat and Brown Bess, Museum Restorationn Service (Ottawa, Ontario), 1970, pp. 55-57 | ||||||||||||
Guards (single battalion drawn from the three Guards regiments) | |||||||||||||
1st Gds | July | 1776 | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | ||||||||
2nd Gds | Coldstream | July | 1776 | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | |||||||
3rd Gds | July | 1776 | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | ||||||||
Regiments of Foot | |||||||||||||
3rd | Buffs | June | 1781 | Charleston | 1782 | West Indies | |||||||
4th | King's Own | June | 1774 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | |||||||
5th | July | 1774 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
6th | October | 1776 | New York | 1776 | drafted | ||||||||
7th | Royal Fusiliers | July | 1773 | Canada | 1783 | British Isles | |||||||
8th | King's | 1768 | Canada | 1785 | British Isles | ||||||||
9th | May | 1776 | Canada | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | ||||||||
10th | 1767 | Canada | 1778 | drafted | |||||||||
14th | 1766 | Halifax | 1777 | drafted | |||||||||
15th | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
16th | 1767 | New York | 1782 | drafted | |||||||||
17th | December | 1775 | Boston | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | ||||||||
18th | Royal Irish | 1767 | Philadelphia | 1775 | drafted | ||||||||
19th | June | 1781 | Charleston | 1782 | West Indies | ||||||||
20th | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | ||||||||
21st | Royal North British Fusiliers | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | |||||||
22nd | July | 1775 | Boston | 1783 | British Isles | ||||||||
23rd | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 1773 | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown1 | ||||||||
24th | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | ||||||||
26th | Cameronians | 1767 | New Jersey | 1779 | drafted | ||||||||
27th | Enniskillens | October | 1775 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | |||||||
28th | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
29th | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1787 | British Isles | ||||||||
30th | June | 1781 | Charleston | 1782 | West Indies | ||||||||
31st | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1787 | British Isles | ||||||||
33rd | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1781 | interned, Yorktown1 | ||||||||
34th | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1786 | British Isles | ||||||||
35th | June | 1775 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
37th | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1783 | left New York | ||||||||
38th | July | 1774 | Boston | 1783 | left New York | ||||||||
40th | 1. June | 1775 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
2. September | 1781 | New York | 1783 | left New York | |||||||||
42nd | Royal Highland Regiment | July | 1776 | New York | 1783 | left New York | |||||||
43rd | June | 1774 | Boston | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | ||||||||
44th | June | 1775 | Boston | 1780 | Canada | ||||||||
45th | July | 1775 | Boston | 1778 | drafted | ||||||||
46th | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
47th | 1773 | New Jersey | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | |||||||||
49th | June | 1775 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
52nd | October | 1774 | Boston | 1778 | drafted | ||||||||
53rd | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | ||||||||
54th | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1783 | left New York | ||||||||
55th | December | 1775 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
57th | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1783 | left New York | ||||||||
59th | 1765 | Halifax | 1775 | drafted | |||||||||
60th | Royal American Regiment: 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion, raised 1775 4th Battalion, raised 1775 | ||||||||||||
62nd | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | ||||||||
63rd | June | 1775 | Boston | 1782 | West Indies | ||||||||
64th | 1768 | Boston | 1782 | West Indies | |||||||||
65th | 1768 | Boston | 1776 | drafted | |||||||||
69th | September | 1781 | New York (6wks) | 1781 | West Indies | ||||||||
70th | August | 1778 | Halifax |
Appendix V: British Regiments [CONT] | Arrived in America | Left America | |||||||||||
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Unit | Alternate unit name | Date | Year | Location | Date | Fate/Destination | |||||||
1 Part not interned at Yorktown left Charleston in 1782: 23rd, 33rd, and 71st. | SOURCE: Anthony D. Darling, Red Coat and Brown Bess, Museum Restorationn Service (Ottawa, Ontario), 1970, pp. 55-57 | ||||||||||||
Newly Raised | |||||||||||||
71st | Fraser's Highlanders | 1776 | July | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown1 | |||||||
74th | Argyll Highlanders | 1778 | August | Halifax | |||||||||
76th | MacDonald's Highlanders | 1779 | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | ||||||||
80th | Royal Edinburgh Volunteers | 1779 | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | ||||||||
82nd | Duke of Hamilton's Regiment | 1778 | August | Halifax | 1781 | interned, Yorktown 1co | |||||||
1782 | left Charleston 3 cos | ||||||||||||
Newly Raised in America | |||||||||||||
84th=1779 | Royal Highland Emigrants 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion | 1775 | CANADA | ||||||||||
105th=1782 | King's Irish Regiment | 1778 | AMERICA | 1782 | left Charleston | ||||||||
Light Dragoons | |||||||||||||
16th LD | Queen's Light Dragoons | 1776 | July | New York | 1778 | drafted | |||||||
17th LD | 1775 | June | Boston | 1783 | British Isles |
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