John Hancock : first to sign, first to invest in America's independence / Willard Sterne Randall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Randall, Willard Sterne, Author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hancock, John, 1737-1793.

Hancock, John.

United States. Continental Congress--Presidents--Biography.

United States.

United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers--Biography.

Statesmen--United States--Biography.

Statesmen.

Governors--Massachusetts--Biography.

Governors.

Businessmen--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.

Businessmen.

Boston (Mass.)--Biography.

Boston (Mass.).

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)

Other Title:

First to sign, first to invest in America's independence

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2025]

Contents:

"The Known World"

"No Pleasure Without Pain"

"Make a Stir for Us"

"We Are a Gone People"

"The Idol of the Mob"

"A Singular Dignity and Grace"

"Remove Immediately from Boston"

"A Shadow as Pale as Ashes"

"Why All This Haste?"

"Constant Application to Public Business"

"Too Precious a Keepsake"

"The Frenchmen Ate Voraciously"

"I Have Lost Many Thousands"

"A Delicate Business"

"Perhaps Restore Our Virtue"

"A Storm in the Atmosphere"

"Radically Generous and Benevolent"

"I Feel the Seeds of Mortality."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 24, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Randall, Willard Sterne John Hancock

ISBN:

9780593472156

0593472152

Publisher Number:

40032813969

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.