Biography of the signers to the Declaration of independence
9 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
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v. 1. [John] Hancock. v. 2. Benjamin Franklin
George Wythe
Francis Hopkinson
Robert Treat Paine. v. 3. Edward Rutledge
Lyman Hall
Oliver Wolcott
Richard Stockton
Button Gwinnett
Josiah Bartlett
Philip Livingston
Roger Sherman
Title-page engraved; that of vol. VI wanting
John Sanderson's name appears as above on t.p. of vol. I-IV
Vols. I and II were published by J.M. Sanderson for the proprietor, though some copies bear Pomeroy's imprint. cf. Sabin, Bibl. amer
Vols. I-II were edited by John Sanderson; vol. III-VI, by Robert Waln, jr.; vol. VII-IX are without any editor's names. The volumes are numbered on the half-title
A list of authors of the biographies (originally published in the New York times) may be found in Proc. of the Mass. hist. soc., 1876-1877 [v. 15] p. 393