Lossing's Biographical Sketches of the Signers contains short descriptions of the Lives of the Signers from this well-respected American historian. - Summary by progressingamerica
Chapters
1 Preface 4 min 2 Introduction 9 min 3 New Hampshire, Josiah Bartlett 8 min 4 New Hampshire, William Whipple 6 min 5 New Hampshire, Matthew Thornton 5 min 6 Massachusetts, John Hancock 10 min 7 Massachusetts, John Adams 13 min 8 Massachusetts, Samuel Adams 6 min 9 Massachusetts, Robert Treat Paine 5 min 10 Rhode Island, Elbridge Gerry 7 min 11 Rhode Island, Stephen Hopkins 5 min 12 Rhode Island, William Ellery 5 min 13 Connecticut, Roger Sherman 5 min 14 Connecticut, Samuel Huntington 5 min 15 Connecticut, William Williams 6 min 16 Connecticut, Oliver Wolcott 9 min 17 New York, William Floyd 9 min 18 New York, Philip Livingston 9 min 19 New York, Francis Lewis 5 min 20 New York, Lewis Morris 7 min 21 New Jersey, Richard Stockton 6 min 22 New Jersey, John Witherspoon 6 min 23 New Jersey, Francis Hopkinson 4 min 24 New Jersey, John Hart 4 min 25 New Jersey, Abraham Clark 5 min 26 Pennsylvania, Robert Morris 8 min 27 Pennsylvania, Benjamin Rush 8 min 28 Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin 12 min 29 Pennsylvania, John Morton 4 min 30 Pennsylvania, George Clymer 8 min 31 Pennsylvania, John Smith 6 min 32 Pennsylvania, George Taylor 4 min 33 Pennsylvania, James Wilson 6 min 34 Pennsylvania, George Ross 4 min 35 Delaware, Caesar Rodney 7 min 36 Delaware, George Read 6 min 37 Delaware, Thomas McKean 8 min 38 Maryland, Samuel Chase 7 min 39 Maryland, Thomas Stone 5 min 40 Maryland, William Paca 5 min 41 Maryland, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton 9 min 42 Virginia, George Wythe 7 min 43 Virginia, Richard Henry Lee 13 min 44 Virginia, Thomas Jefferson 18 min 45 Virginia, Benjamin Harrison 7 min 46 Virginia, Thomas Nelson, Jr 10 min 47 Virginia, Francis Lightfoot Lee 5 min 48 Virginia, Carter Braxton 8 min 49 North Carolina, William Hooper 9 min 50 North Carolina, Joseph Hewes 5 min 51 North Carolina, John Penn 6 min 52 South Carolina, Edward Rutledge 7 min 53 South Carolina, Thomas Heyward, Jr 7 min 54 South Carolina, Thomas Lynch, Jr 7 min 55 South Carolina, Arthur Middleton 7 min 56 Georgia, Button Gwinnett 7 min 57 Georgia, Lyman Hall 9 min 58 Georgia, George Walton 9 min 59 Robert R. Livingston 10 min 60 The Declaration of Independence, historically considered 23 min 61 The Declaration of Independence, draft submission 19 min 62 The Declaration of Independence, historically considered, continued 18 min 63 Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, I - V 15 min 64 Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, VI - X 13 min 65 Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XI - XVI 13 min 66 Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XVII - XX 14 min 67 Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XXI - XXIV 12 min 68 Grievances of the Declaration of Independence, XXV - XXVII 13 min 69 The Declaration of Independence, historically considered, conclusion 6 min 70 Articles of Confederation 6 min 71 Articles of Confederation, continued 23 min 72 Articles of Confederation, conclusion 7 min 73 The Federal Constitution 21 min 74 The Federal Constitution, Article I 32 min 75 The Federal Constitution, Article II and III 28 min 76 The Federal Constitution, Article IV, V, VI, VII 10 min 77 The Federal Constitution, Amendments 14 min 78 The Federal Constitution, conclusion 10 min 79 The Stamp Act 28 min 80 Names of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention 4 min
