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Immortals of Independence Were Foreign Signers
ELMO SCOTT WATSON recounts eight of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence who were not born in America. The piece details their birthplaces Ireland England Scotland Wales and their later roles in Georgia Pennsylvania New Jersey New York and New Hampshire. It highlights notable figures such as Button Gwinnett Robert Morris James Wilson John Witherspoon Matthew Thornton Francis Lewis and others and notes their varied fates and contributions to the American cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
America
Eitizens
North America
George I
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Ratton Gwinnett
Wagland
George Washington
Bristol
Charleston
Savannah
St. Catherine’s Island
Colony of
Georgia
Gwinnett
Continental Congress
Continental Brigade
Lachiend McIntosh
McIntosh
Distola
Button Gwinnett
Robert Morris
Winander
Liverpool
Charles Willing
Inter
Willing
Morris
Bank of North America
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
James Wilson
John Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Princeton College
Wilson
City College of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
St. Andrews
Congress
Middle District
New Jersey
Washington
Supreme Court
Edenton
N.gc
Gifford
Haddingtonshire
Buroburgh University
Beith
Paisley
Glasgow
Ayr
United States
Princeton
Witherspooth
Berty
Atmerica
Board of War
New Jersey Council
Assembly
James Smith
Ire
Susquehanna
Young Smith
Colege
Shippensburg
Yorks
Smith
Great Britain
Benjamin Rush
Efe
York
George Taylor
Midadelphia
Durham
Taylor
Provincial Assembly
Committee of Safety
Maston
Matthew Thornton
Emerald Isle
Thorntown
Maine
Massachusetts
Matthew
Leicester
Londonderry
N. B
New Hampshire
Louispurg
Doctor Thornton
Court of Common Pleas
Superior Court of
Newburyport
Makss
Band of Immortals
Francis Lewis
Llandag
Westminster School
St. Paul's
London
New York
Oswego
Bugh Mercer