Contents

Declaration of Independence -- Thomas Jefferson -- John Hancock -- Benjamin Franklin -- Roger Sherman -- Edward Rutledge -- Thomas M’Kean -- Philip Livingston -- George Wythe -- Abraham Clark -- Francis Lewis -- Richard Stockton -- Samuel Adams -- Dr. Benjamin Rush -- Oliver Wolcott -- George Read -- Thomas Heyward -- Robert Morris -- John Witherspoon -- Thomas Lynch, Jr. -- Matthew Thornton -- William Floyd -- William Whipple -- Francis Hopkinson, Esq. -- Josiah Bartlett -- Arthur Middleton -- James Wilson -- Charles Carroll, of Carrollton -- William Williams -- Samuel Huntington -- George Walton -- George Clymer -- Carter Braxton -- John Morton -- Richard Henry Lee -- Stephen Hopkins -- Robert Treat Paine -- George Taylor -- Francis Lightfoot Lee -- Thomas Stone -- Lewis Morris -- John Hart -- Button Gwinnett -- William Ellery -- Lyman Hall -- John Penn -- Elbridge Gerry -- William Paca -- George Ross -- Benjamin Harrison -- Cæsar Rodney -- Samuel Chase -- William Hooper -- Thomas Nelson -- James Smith -- Joseph Hewes -- John Adams -- George Washington -- Patrick Henry -- Appendix: Washington’s Farewell Address to the People of the United States. A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North America, setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms. Articles of Confederation. Constitution of the United States. Amendments to the Constitution. The Declaration of Independence as originally written by Thomas Jefferson.