The Life of Roger Sherman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boutell, Lewis Henry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793.

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

United States. Continental Congress--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Braunfell Books, 2023.

Summary:

This is a biography of one of the seminal Founding Fathers, Roger Sherman, who played a crucial role in the drafting of the Constitution in 1787."Founding Father Roger Sherman (1721-1793) helped define the new nation in the last part of the 18th century. Born in Massachusetts, Sherman spent his adult life in Connecticut when, after his father's death, his mother moved his family to New Milford. He and his brother opened a store in town, and Sherman was the surveyor of New Haven County. Admitted to the Bar in 1754, he served in the Connecticut House of Representatives and the General Assembly. He was elected Mayor of New Haven in 1784 (an office he held until his death), and most noteworthy, Sherman signed of all four major documents of the early United States. Sherman died in 1793 of typhoid fever and was buried in the New Haven Green. In 1821, the city relocated his remains to Grove Street Cemetery, also in New Haven."-CT Dig. Arch.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION

PREFACE.

CHAPTER I.-ANCESTRY.

CHAPTER II.-LIFE IN STOUGHTON.

CHAPTER III.-NEW MILFORD PERIOD. 1743-1761.

CHAPTER IV.-NEW HAVEN PERIOD.

CHAPTER V.-STAMP ACT.

CHAPTER VI.-WYOMING.

CHAPTER VII.-THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.

CHAPTER VIII.-THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

CHAPTER IX.-THE CONSTITUTION ADOPTED.

CHAPTER X.-THE SUPERIOR COURT.

CHAPTER XI.-SERVICES IN CONGRESS.-FIRST SESSION, 1789.

PART I.-IMPOST LAW, &amp

C.

PART II.-AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.

PART III.-PUBLIC CREDIT.

PART IV.-THE SLAVE TRADE.

PART V.-NATIONAL BANK.

PART VI.-SENATE. May 1791-July 1793.

CHAPTER XII.-RELIGIOUS OPINIONS.

CONFESSION OF FAITH.

CHAPTER XIII.-LAST DAYS.

CHAPTER XIV.-CONCLUSION.

APPENDIX.

I.-CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN JOHN ADAMS AND ROGER SHERMAN ON THE CONSTITUTION.

II.

III.-GEORGE BANCROFT'S LETTER ON THE FOREGOING CORRESPONDENCE.

IV.-ROGER SHERMAN ON HALF PAY OF ARMY OFFICERS.

V.-ROGER SHERMAN TO JOSIAH BARTLETT ON THE VERMONT CONTROVERSY.

VI.-REPORT ON ROBERT MORRIS'S ACCOUNTS.

VII.-ROGER SHERMAN'S CLAIMS AGAINST CONNECTICUT.

VIII.-ISAAC SHERMAN.

GEN. WASHINGTON TO GOV. TRUMBULL, RECOMMENDING ISAAC SHERMAN FOR PROMOTION.

STONY POINT.

IX.-WYOMING.

DYER, SHERMAN AND DEANE TO Z. BUTLER AND OTHERS.

ROGER SHERMAN TO ZEBULUN BUTLER.

ZEBULUN BUTLER TO ROGER SHERMAN.

X.-GEN. DAVID WOOSTER.

GEN. WOOSTER TO ROGER SHERMAN.

WILLIAM S. JOHNSON TO ROGER SHERMAN.

XI.-DESCENDANTS OF ROGER SHERMAN.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Boutell, Lewis Henry The Life of Roger Sherman

ISBN:

9781805231097

OCLC:

1371141785