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Eight Foreign Signers Helped Found American Independence
The article recalls the eight non native signers among the 56 who signed the Declaration of Independence. It highlights Button Gwinnett and Robert Morris of England. James Wilson and John Witherspoon of Scotland. James Smith and George Taylor of Ireland. Matthew Thornton of Ireland. and Francis Lewis of Wales, detailing their births, careers, and roles in the Revolution and early U S government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
Button Gwinnett
George Washington
Bristol
Charleston
D. C
Savannah
St. Catherine's Island
Colony of
Georgia
Gwinnett
Continental Congress
Continental Brigade
Lachl
McIntosh
Button Gwinpett
Robert Morris
Liverpool
Charles Willing
Philadelphia
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
America
New Jersey
Congress
Board of War
Assembly
Princeton
James Smith
Ire
Susquehanna
Young Smith
College of
Shippensburg
York
Smith
Great Britain
Benjamin Rush
George Taylor
Durham
Taylor
Provincial Assembly
Committee of Safety
Ile
Easton
Matthew Thornton
Emerald Isle
Thorntons
Maine
Massachusetts
Matthew
Leicester
Londonderry
N. H
New Hampshire
Louisburg
Doctor Thornton
Court of Common Pleas
Superior Court of
Newburyport
Mass
Band of Immortals
Francis Lewis
Llandaff
Westminster School
St. Paul's
London
New York
Oswego
Hugh Mercer