History of Independence HallBoD – Books on Demand, 2023 M03 3 - 408 pages Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost. |
Contents
INTRODUCTORY | 13 |
Incentive Associations | 27 |
Primitive Settlers and Public Edifices | 36 |
The Old State House | 50 |
Independence Square | 66 |
r The Old State House Bell | 81 |
Washingtons Statue | 89 |
Alexander Hamilton | 96 |
Robert Morris | 212 |
Elbridge Gerry | 220 |
Benjamin Rush | 226 |
Benjamin Franklin | 232 |
Francis Hopkinson | 242 |
Charles Carroll of Carrollton | 245 |
John HartAbraham ClarkJohn Morton George Clymer | 250 |
James SmithGeorge TaylorJames Wilson George Ross | 262 |
Convention of 1776 | 111 |
The Declaration of Independence | 118 |
Remarks on the Declaration | 128 |
John Hancock | 134 |
Thomas Jefferson | 143 |
Richard Stockton | 154 |
Dr Josiah Bartlett | 160 |
Samuel Adams C | 165 |
William Whipple | 170 |
John Adams | 174 |
William Huntington | 181 |
Oliver Wolcott | 186 |
xxRobert Treat Paine | 191 |
Philip Livingston | 196 |
Francis Lewis | 201 |
John Witherspoon | 206 |
Cæsar RodneyGeorge ReadThomas MKean Samuel ChaseThomas StoneWm Paca | 272 |
William FloydLewis MorrisWilliam Wil liamsMatthew ThorntonStephen Hopkins William Ellery Roger Sherman | 286 |
George WytheRichard Henry LeeBenjamin HarrisonThomas NelsonFrancis Lightfoot Lee Carter Braxton | 303 |
Edward RutledgeThomas HaywardThomas Lynch Jr Arthur Middleton | 319 |
Burton GynnettLyman HallGeorge Walton | 331 |
William HooperJoseph HewesJohn Penn | 341 |
Washingtons Pew | 350 |
Franklins Desk | 357 |
A Singularly Historical Chair | 361 |
The Triumphal Arch | 365 |
The Bible in 1776 | 370 |
The Charter Oak | 377 |
Old Documents | 382 |
Portrait of Washington woven in Silk and other interesting Mementoes | 385 |
Conclusion | 390 |
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