Appendices
Appendices
| Appendix I: Signers of the Declaration of Independence | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Birthdate | Birthplace | Age at Signing | Occupation | Death Date | Age at Death | |
| Adams, John | MA | 10/30/1735 | Quincy, MA | 40 | Lawyer | 7/4/1826 | 90 |
| Adams, Samuel | MA | 9/27/1722 | Boston, MA | 53 | Politician | 10/2/1803 | 81 |
| Bartlett, Josiah | NH | 11/21/1729 | Amesbury, MA | 46 | Physician | 5/19/1795 | 65 |
| Braxton, Carter | VA | 9/10/1736 | Newington, VA | 39 | Planter Merchant, Planter | 10/10/1797 | 61 |
| Carroll, Charles (of Carrollton) | MD | 9/19/1737 | Annapolis, MD | 38 | 11/14/1832 | 95 | |
| Chase, Samuel | MD | 4/17/1741 | Somerset Co., MD | 35 | Lawyer | 6/19/1811 | 70 |
| Clark, Abraham | NJ | 2/15/1726 | Elizabethtown, NJ | 50 | Surveyor | 9/15/1794 | 68 |
| Clymer, George | PA | 3/16/1739 | Philadelphia, PA | 37 | Merchant | 1/24/1813 | 73 |
| Ellery, William | RI | 12/22/1727 | Newport, RI | 48 | Lawyer, Merchant | 2/15/1820 | 92 |
| Floyd, William | NJ | 12/17/1734 | Brookhaven, NY | 41 | Land Speculator | 8/4/1821 | 86 |
| Franklin, Benjamin | PA | 1/17/1706 | Boston, MA | 70 | Printer, scientist | 4/17/1790 | 84 |
| Gerry, Elbridge | MA | 7/17/1744 | Marblehead, MA | 32 | Merchant | 11/23/1814 | 70 |
| Gwinnett, Button | GA | 1735 | Gloucester, England | 41 | Merchant, Planter | 5/15/1777 | 42 |
| Hall, Lyman | GA | 4/12/1724 | Wallingford, CT | 52 | Physician, Minister | 10/19/1790 | 66 |
| Hancock, John | MA | 1/12/1737 | Quincy, MA | 40 | Merchant | 10/8/1793 | 56 |
| Harrison, Benjamin | VA | 4/7/1726 | Charles City Co., VA | 65 | Planter | 4/24/1791 | 65 |
| Hart, John | NJ | 1714 | Hopewell, NJ | 62 | Landowner | 5/11/1779 | 65 |
| Hewes, Joseph | NY | 1/23/1730 | Kingston, NJ | 46 | Merchant | 10/10/1779 | 49 |
| Heyward, Thomas | SC | 7/28/1746 | St. Helena Parish, SC | 30 | Lawyer, Planter | 3/6/1809 | 62 |
| Hooper, William | NC | 6/17/1742 | Boston, MA | 34 | Lawyer | 10/14/1790 | 48 |
| Hopkins, Stephen | RI | 3/7/1707 | Providence, RI | 69 | Merchant | 4/13/1785 | 78 |
| Hopkinson, Francis | NJ | 10/2/1737 | Philadelphia, PA | 38 | Lawyer, Composer | 5/9/1791 | 53 |
| Huntington, Samuel | CT | 7/3/1731 | Windham, CT | 45 | Lawyer | 1/5/1796 | 64 |
| Jefferson, Thomas | VA | 4/13/1743 | Albemarle Co., VA | 33 | Lawyer, Planter | 7/4/1826 | 83 |
| Lee, Francis Lightfoot | VA | 10/14/1734 | Mt. Pleasant, VA | 41 | Planter | 1/11/1797 | 62 |
| Lee, Richard Henry | VA | 1/20/1732 | Stratford, VA | 44 | Planter | 6/19/1794 | 62 |
| Lewis, Francis | NY | 3/21/1713 | Llandaff, Wales | 63 | Merchant | 12/30/1802 | 89 |
| Livingston, Philip | NY | 1/15/1716 | Albany, NY | 60 | Merchant | 6/12/1778 | 62 |
| Lynch, Thomas, Jr. | SC | 8/5/1749 | Winyah, SC | 26 | Lawyer | 1779 | 30 |
| McKean, Thomas | DE | 3/19/1735 | Chester Co., PA | 42 | Lawyer | 6/24/1817 | 83 |
| Middleton, Arthur | SC | 6/26/1742 | Charleston, SC | 34 | Planter | 1/1/1787 | 44 |
| Morris, Lewis | NY | 4/8/1726 | Westchester Co., NY | 50 | Landowner | 1/22/1798 | 71 |
| Morris, Robert | PA | 1/31/1734 | Liverpool, England | 42 | Merchant | 5/8/1806 | 72 |
| Morton, John | PA | 1725 | Tinicum, PA | 51 | Farmer, Lawyer | 4/1/1777 | 52 |
| Nelson, Thomas, Jr. | VA | 12/26/1738 | Yorktown, VA | 37 | Merchant, Planter | 1/4/1789 | 50 |
| Paca, William | MD | 10/31/1740 | Abington, MD | 35 | Lawyer, Planter | 10/13/1799 | 58 |
| Paine, Robert Treat | MA | 3/11/1731 | Boston, MA | 45 | Lawyer | 5/12/1814 | 83 |
| Penn, John | NC | 5/6/1740 | Carolina Co., VA | 36 | Lawyer | 9/14/1788 | 48 |
| Read, George | DE | 9/18/1733 | Cecil Co., MD | 42 | Lawyer | 9/21/1798 | 65 |
| Rodney, Caesar | DE | 10/7/1728 | Dover, DE | 47 | Landowner | 6/29/1784 | 55 |
| Ross, George | PA | 5/10/1730 | New Castle, DE | 46 | Lawyer | 7/14/1779 | 49 |
| Rush, Benjamin | PA | 1/4/1746 | Philadelphia, PA | 30 | Physician | 4/19/1813 | 67 |
| Rutledge, Edward | SC | 11/23/1749 | Christ Church Parish, SC | 26 | Lawyer, Planter | 1/23/1800 | 50 |
| Sherman, Roger | CT | 4/19/1721 | Newton, MA | 55 | Surveyor, Merchant | 7/23/1793 | 72 |
| Smith, James | PA | 9/17/1719 | Ireland | 57 | Lawyer | 7/11/1806 | 87 |
| Stockton, Richard | NJ | 10/1/1730 | Princeton, NJ | 45 | Lawyer | 2/28/1781 | 50 |
| Stone, Thomas | MD | 1743 | Durham Parish, MD | 33 | Lawyer | 10/5/1787 | 44 |
| Taylor, George | PA | 1716? | Ireland | 60 | Ironmaster | 2/23/1781 | 65 |
| Thornton, Matthew | NH | 1714? | Ireland | 62 | Physician | 6/24/1803 | 89 |
| Walton, George | GA | 1749? | Cumberland Co., VA? | 27 | Lawyer | 2/2/1804 | 55 |
| Whipple, William | NH | 1/14/1730 | Kittery, ME | 46 | Merchant | 11/28/1785 | 55 |
| Williams, William | CT | 3/18/1731 | Lebanon, CT | 45 | Merchant | 8/2/1811 | 80 |
| Wilson, James | PA | 9/14/1742 | Carskerdo, Scotland | 33 | Lawyer | 8/21/1798 | 55 |
| Witherspoon, John | NJ | 2/5/1723 | Gifford, Scotland | 53 | Minister | 11/15/1794 | 71 |
| Wolcott, Oliver | CT | 11/20/1726 | Windsor, CT | 49 | Lawyer | 12/1/1797 | 71 |
| Wythe, George | VA | 1726? | Elizabeth City Co., VA | 50 | Lawyer | 6/8/1806 | 80 |
| Appendix II: Delegates to the Continental Congress | |
|---|---|
| Member | Years served |
| CONNECTICUT | |
| Andrew Adams | 1778–1782 |
| Josiah P. Cooke | 1784–1785, 1787–1788 |
| Silas Deane | 1774–1776 |
| Eliphalet Dyer | 1774–1779, 1782–1783 |
| Pierrepont Edwards | 1788 |
| Oliver Ellsworth | 1778–1783 |
| Titus Hosmer | 1778 |
| Benjamin Huntington | 1780, 1782–1783, 1788 |
| Samuel Huntington | 1776, 1778–1781, 1783 |
| William S. Johnson | 1785–1787 |
| Richard Law | 1781–1782 |
| Stephen M. Mitchell | 1785–1788 |
| Jesse Root | 1778–1782 |
| Roger Sherman | 1774–1782, 1784 |
| Joseph Spencer | 1779 |
| Jonathan Sturges | 1786 |
| James Wadsworth | 1784 |
| Jeremiah Wadsworth | 1788 |
| William Williams | 1776–1777 |
| Oliver Wolcott | 1776–1778, 1781–1783 |
| Elected from Connecticut but did not serve: Joseph Trumbull, Erastus Wolcott, Jedediah Strong, John Treadwell, William Pitkin, William Hillhouse, John Canfield, Charles Church Chandler, John Chester. | |
| DELAWARE | |
| Gunning Bedford, Jr. | 1783–1785 |
| John Dickinson | 1779 |
| Philemon Dickinson | 1782–1783 |
| Dyre Kearny | 1787–1788 |
| Eleazer McComb | 1783–1784 |
| Thomas McKean | 1774–1776, 1778–1782 |
| Nathaniel Mitchell | 1787–1788 |
| John Patten | 1786 |
| William Peery | 1786 |
| George Read | 1774–1777 |
| Caesar Rodney | 1774–1776 |
| Thomas Rodney | 1781–1782, 1786 |
| James Tilton | 1783–1784 |
| Nicholas Van Dyke | 1777–1781 |
| John Vining | 1784–1785 |
| Samuel Wharton | 1782–1783 |
| Elected from Delaware but did not serve: John Evans, James Sykes, Henry Latimer, John McKinly, Samuel Patterson, Isaac Grantham. | |
| GEORGIA | |
| Abraham Baldwin | 1785, 1787–1788 |
| Nathan Brownson | 1777 |
| Archibald Bulloch | 1775 |
| William Few | 1780–1782, 1786–1787 |
| William Gibbons | 1784 |
| Button Gwinnett | 1776 |
| John Habersham | 1785 |
| Lyman Hall | 1775–1777 |
| John Houstoun | 1775 |
| William Houstoun | 1784–1786 |
| Richard Howley | 1781 |
| Noble Wymberly Jones | 1781–1782 |
| Edward Langworthy | 1777–1779 |
| William Pierce | 1787 |
| Edward Telfair | 1778, 1780–1782 |
| George Walton | 1776–1777, 1780–1781 |
| John Walton | 1777 |
| Joseph Wood | 1777–1778 |
| John J. Zubly | 1775 |
| Elected from Georgia but did not serve: Joseph Clay, Benjamin Andrew, Samuel Stirk, Lachlan Mclntosh. | |
| Member | Years served |
|---|---|
| MARYLAND | |
| Robert Alexander | 1776 |
| William Carmichael | 1778–1779 |
| Charles Carroll of Carrollton | 1776–1778 |
| Daniel Carroll | 1781–1783 |
| Jeremiah T. Chase | 1783–1784 |
| Samuel Chase | 1774–1778 |
| Benjamin Contee | 1788 |
| James Forbes | 1778–1780 |
| Uriah Forrest | 1787 |
| Robert Goldsborough | 1774–1776 |
| John Hall | 1775 |
| John Hanson | 1780–1782 |
| William Harrison | 1786 |
| William Hemsley | 1782–1783 |
| John Henry | 1778–1780, 1785–1786 |
| William Hindman | 1785–1786 |
| John E. Howard | 1788 |
| Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer | 1779–1781 |
| Thomas Johnson | 1774–1776 |
| Thomas Sim Lee | 1783 |
| Edward Lloyd | 1783–1784 |
| James McHenry | 1783–1785 |
| Luther Martin | 1785 |
| William Paca | 1774–1779 |
| George Plater | 1778–1780 |
| Richard Potts | 1781 |
| Nathaniel Ramsey | 1786–1787 |
| John Rogers | 1775–1776 |
| David Ross | 1787–1789 |
| Benjamin Rumsey | 1777 |
| Joshua Seney | 1788 |
| William Smith | 1777 |
| Thomas Stone | 1775–1778, 1784 |
| Matthew Tilghman | 1774–1776 |
| Turbutt Wright | 1782 |
| Elected but did not serve: Richard Ridgely, Gustavus Scott, Edward Giles | |
| MASSACHUSETTS | |
| John Adams | 1774–1778 |
| Samuel Adams | 1774–1782 |
| Thomas Cushing | 1774–1776 |
| Francis Dana | 1777–1778, 1783–1784 |
| Nathan Dane | 1785–1788 |
| Elbridge Gerry | 1776–1780, 1783–1785 |
| Nathaniel Gorham | 1783, 1786–1788 |
| John Hancock | 1775–1778 |
| Stephen Higginson | 1783 |
| Samuel Holten | 1778–1780, 1783–1785, 1787 |
| Jonathan Jackson | 1781–1782 |
| Rufus King | 1784–1787 |
| James Lovell | 1777–1782 |
| John Lowell | 1782 |
| Samuel Osgood | 1781–1784 |
| Samuel A. Otis | 1787–1789 |
| Robert Treat Paine | 1774–1776 |
| George Partridge | 1779–1782, 1787 |
| Theodore Sedgwick | 1785–1786, 1788 |
| George Thatcher | 1788–1789 |
| Artemas Ward | 1781 |
| Elected from Massachusetts but did not serve: James Sullivan, James Bowdoin, Timothy Edwards, Caleb Strong, Timothy Danielson, Tristram Dalton. | |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | |
| Josiah Bartlett | 1775–1778 |
| Jonathan Blanchard | 1783–1784 |
| Nathaniel Folsom | 1774, 1777–1780 |
| Member | Years served |
|---|---|
| NEW HAMPSHIRE [CONTINUED] | |
| Abiel Foster | 1783–1785 |
| George Frost | 1777–1779 |
| John Taylor Gilman | 1782–1783 |
| Nicholas Gilman | 1787–1789 |
| John Langdon | 1775–1776, 1786–1787 |
| Woodbury Langdon | 1779–1780 |
| Samuel Livermore | 1780–1783, 1785–1786 |
| Pierse Long | 1784–1786 |
| Nathaniel Peabody | 1779–1780 |
| John Sullivan | 1774–1775, 1780–1781 |
| Matthew Thornton | 1776–1777 |
| John Wentworth, Jr. | 1777 |
| William Whipple | 1776–1779 |
| Phillips White | 1782–1783 |
| Paine Wingate | 1788–1789 |
| Elected from New Hampshire but did not serve: Ebenezer Thompson, Timothy Walker, Jr., Joshua Wentworth, George Adkinson, Benjamin Bellows, Moses Dow, Elisha Payne. | |
| NEW JERSEY | |
| John Beatty | 1783–1785 |
| Elias Boudinot | 1778, 1781–1783 |
| William Burnet | 1780–1781 |
| Lambert Cadwalader | 1784–1787 |
| Abraham Clark | 1776–1778, 1780–1783, 1786–1788 |
| Silas Condict | 1781–1783 |
| Stephen Crane | 1774–1776 |
| Jonathan Dayton | 1787–1788 |
| John De Hart | 1774–1776 |
| Samuel Dick | 1783–1785 |
| Jonathan Elmer | 1777–1778, 1781–1783, 1787–1788 |
| John Fell | 1777–1780 |
| Frederick Frelinghuysen | 1779, 1783 |
| John Hart | 1776 |
| Francis Hopkinson | 1776 |
| Josiah Hornblower | 1785–1786 |
| William C. Houston | 1779–1781, 1784–1785 |
| James Kinsey | 1774–1775 |
| William Livingston | 1774–1776 |
| James Schureman | 1786–1787 |
| Nathaniel Scudder | 1778–1779, 1781 |
| Jonathan D. Sergeant | 1776–1777 |
| Richard Smith | 1774–1776 |
| John Stevens | 1784 |
| Charles Stewart | 1784–1785 |
| Richard Stockton | 1776 |
| John C. Symmes | 1785–1786 |
| John Witherspoon | 1776–1782 |
| Elected from New Jersey but did not serve: John Cooper, John Neilson, William Paterson. | |
| NEW YORK | |
| John Alsop | 1774–1776 |
| Egbert Benson | 1784, 1787–1788 |
| Simon Boerum | 1774–1775 |
| George Clinton | 1775–1776 |
| Charles De Witt | 1784 |
| James Duane | 1774–1779, 1781–1783 |
| William Duer | 1777–1778 |
| William Floyd | 1774–1776, 1779–1783 |
| Leonard Gansevoort | 1788 |
| David Gelston | 1789 |
| Alexander Hamilton | 1782–1783, 1788 |
| John Haring | 1774, 1785–1787 |
| John Jay | 1774–1779, 1784 |
| Member | Years served |
|---|---|
| NEW YORK [CONTINUED] | |
| John Lansing, Jr. | 1785 |
| John Lawrance | 1785–1787 |
| Francis Lewis | 1775–1779, 1781–1783 |
| Ezra L'Hommedieu | 1779–1783, 1788 |
| Philip Livingston | 1775–1778 |
| Robert R. Livingston | 1775–1776, 1779–1781, 1785 |
| Walter Livingston | 1784–1785 |
| Isaac Low | 1774 |
| Gouverneur Morris | 1778–1779 |
| Lewis Morris | 1775–1777 |
| Alexander McDougall | 1781 |
| Ephraim Paine | 1784 |
| Philip Pell | 1789 |
| Zephaniah Platt | 1785–1786 |
| Philip Schuyler | 1775, 1777, 1779–1780 |
| John Morin Scott | 1780–1782 |
| Melancton Smith | 1785–1787 |
| Henry Wisner | 1775–1776 |
| Abraham Yates | 1787–1788 |
| Peter W. Yates | 1786 |
| Elected from New York but did not serve: none. | |
| NORTH CAROLINA | |
| John B. Ashe | 1787 |
| Timothy Bloodworth | 1786 |
| William Blount | 1783, 1786–1787 |
| Thomas Burke | 1777–1781 |
| Robert Burton | 1787 |
| Richard Caswell | 1774–1775 |
| William Cumming | 1785 |
| Cornelius Harnett | 1777–1779 |
| Benjamin Hawkins | 1782–1783, 1787 |
| Joseph Hewes | 1774–1777, 1779 |
| Whitmill Hill | 1778–1780 |
| William Hooper | 1774–1777 |
| Samuel Johnston | 1780–1782 |
| Allen Jones | 1779–1780 |
| Willie Jones | 1780–1781 |
| Abner Nash | 1782–1783 |
| John Penn | 1775–1780 |
| William Sharpe | 1779–1781 |
| John Sitgreaves | 1784–1785 |
| Richard D. Spaight | 1783–1785 |
| John Swann | 1787–1788 |
| James White | 1786–1788 |
| John Williams | 1777–1779 |
| Hugh Williamson | 1782–1785, 1787–1788 |
| Elected from North Carolina but did not serve: Ephraim Brevard, Adlai Osborn, Thomas Person, Charles Johnson, Joseph McDowell, Nathaniel Macon, Alexander Martin, Thomas Polk, Benjamin Smith, John Stokes. | |
| PENNSYLVANIA | |
| Andrew Allen | 1775–1776 |
| John Armstrong | 1779–1780, 1787–1788 |
| Samuel J. Atlee | 1778–1782 |
| John B. Bayard | 1785–1786 |
| Edward Biddle | 1775 |
| William Bingham | 1786–1788 |
| William Clingan | 1777–1779 |
| George Clymer | 1776–1778, 1780 |
| Tench Coxe | 1788–1789 |
| John Dickinson | 1774–1776 |
| Thomas FitzSimons | 1782–1783 |
| Benjamin Franklin | 1775–1776 |
| Joseph Galloway | 1774 |
| Joseph Gardner | 1784–1785 |
| Member | Years served | |
|---|---|---|
| PENNSYLVANIA [CONTINUED] | ||
| Edward Hand | 1784–1785 | |
| William Henry | 1784–1785 | |
| Charles Humphreys | 1774–1776 | |
| Jared Ingersoll | 1780 | |
| William Irvine | 1787–1788 | |
| David Jackson | 1785 | |
| James McClene | 1779–1780 | |
| Timothy Matlack | 1781 | |
| Samuel Meredith | 1786–1788 | |
| Thomas Mifflin | 1774–1775, 1783–1784 | |
| John Montgomery | 1782–1784 | |
| Joseph Montgomery | 1781–1782 | |
| Cadwalader Morris | 1783–1784 | |
| Robert Morris | 1776–1778 | |
| John Morton | 1774–1776 | |
| Frederick Muhlenberg | 1778–1780 | |
| Richard Peters | 1782–1783 | |
| Charles Pettit | 1785–1787 | |
| Joseph Reed | 1778 | |
| James R. Reid | 1787–1789 | |
| Samuel Rhoads | 1774 | |
| Daniel Roberdeau | 1777–1779 | |
| George Ross | 1774–1777 | |
| Benjamin Rush | 1776–1777 | |
| Arthur St. Clair | 1786–1787 | |
| James Searle | 1778–1780 | |
| William Shippen | 1779–1780 | |
| James Smith | 1776–1778 | |
| Jonathan B. Smith | 1777–1778 | |
| Thomas Smith | 1781–1782 | |
| George Taylor | 1776 | |
| Thomas Willing | 1775–1776 | |
| James Wilson | 1775–1777, 1783, 1785–1787 | |
| Henry Wynkoop | 1779–1782 | |
| Elected from Pennsylania but did not serve: Matthew Clarkson, William Montgomery. | ||
| RHODE ISLAND | ||
| Jonathan Arnold | 1782–1784 | |
| Peleg Arnold | 1787–1789 | |
| John Collins | 1778–1783 | |
| Ezekiel Cornell | 1780–1782 | |
| William Ellery | 1776–1785 | |
| John Gardiner | 1788–1789 | |
| Jonathan J. Hazard | 1788 | |
| Stephen Hopkins | 1774–1777 | |
| David Howell | 1782–1785 | |
| James Manning | 1785–1786 | |
| Henry Marchant | 1777–1779 | |
| Nathan Miller | 1785–1786 | |
| Daniel Mowry, Jr. | 1781 | |
| James M. Varnum | 1781, 1787 | |
| Samuel Ward | 1774–1776 | |
| Elected from Rode Island but did not serve: none. | ||
| SOUTH CAROLINA | ||
| Robert Barnwell | 1788–1789 | |
| Thomas Bee | 1780–1782 | |
| Richard Beresford | 1783–1784 | |
| John Bull | 1784–1787 | |
| Pierce Butler | 1787–1788 | |
| William H. Drayton | 1778–1779 | |
| Nicholas Eveleigh | 1781–1782 | |
| Christopher Gadsden | 1774–1776 | |
| John L. Gervais | 1782–1783 | |
| Thomas Heyward, Jr. | 1776–1778 | |
| Member | Years served |
|---|---|
| SOUTH CAROLINA [CONTINUED] | |
| Daniel Huger | 1786–1788 |
| Richard Hutson | 1778–1779 |
| Ralph Izard | 1782–1783 |
| John Kean | 1785–1787 |
| Francis Kinloch | 1780 |
| Henry Laurens | 1777–1780 |
| Thomas Lynch, Sr. | 1774–1776 |
| Thomas Lynch, Jr. | 1776 |
| John Mathews | 1778–1782 |
| Arthur Middleton | 1776–1777, 1781–1782 |
| Henry Middleton | 1774–1776 |
| Isaac Motte | 1780–1782 |
| John Parker | 1786–1788 |
| Charles Pinckney | 1784–1787 |
| David Ramsay | 1782–1783, 1785–1786 |
| Jacob Read | 1783–1785 |
| Edward Rutledge | 1774–1776 |
| John Rutledge | 1774–1775, 1782–1783 |
| Thomas T. Tucker | 1787–1788 |
| Elected from South Carolina but did not serve: Paul Trapier, Rawlins Lowndes, Alexander Gillon, William Moultrie, Thomas Sumter. | |
| VIRGINIA | |
| Thomas Adams | 1778–1779 |
| John Banister | 1778 |
| Richard Bland | 1774–1775 |
| Theodorick Bland | 1781–1783 |
| Carter Braxton | 1776 |
| John Brown | 1787–1788 |
| Edward Carrington | 1785–1787 |
| John Dawson | 1788 |
| William Fitzhugh | 1779 |
| William Fleming | 1779–1780 |
| William Grayson | 1785–1787 |
| Cyrus Griffin | 1778–1780, 1787–1788 |
| Samuel Hardy | 1783–1785 |
| Benjamin Harrison | 1774–1777 |
| John Harvie | 1777–1779 |
| James Henry | 1780–1781 |
| Patrick Henry | 1774–1775 |
| Thomas Jefferson | 1775–1776, 1783–1784 |
| Joseph Jones | 1780–1783 |
| Arthur Lee | 1782–1784 |
| Francis Lightfoot Lee | 1775–1779 |
| Henry Lee | 1786–1788 |
| Richard Henry Lee | 1774–1780, 1784–1787 |
| James Madison | 1780–1783, 1787–1788 |
| James Mercer | 1779–1780 |
| John F. Mercer | 1783–1784 |
| James Monroe | 1783–1786 |
| Thomas Nelson, Jr. | 1775–1777, 1779 |
| Mann Page | 1777 |
| Edmund Pendleton | 1774–1775 |
| Edmund Randolph | 1779, 1781–1782 |
| Peyton Randolph | 1774–1775 |
| Meriwether Smith | 1778–1781 |
| John Walker | 1780 |
| George Washington | 1774–1775 |
| George Wythe | 1775–1776 |
| Elected from Virginia but did not serve: Gabriel Jones, John Blair. | |
| Appendix III: Members of the British Cabinet | |
|---|---|
| Period of service | |
| First Lord off the Treasury (Prime Minister) | |
| Thomas Holles, Duke of Newcastle | June 1757–May 1762 |
| John Stuart, Earl of Bute | May 1762–April 1763 |
| George Grenville | April 1763–July 1765 |
| Charles Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham | July 1765–July 1766; March–July 1782 |
| William Pitt, Earl of Chatham | August 1766–October 1768 |
| Augustus FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton | October 1768–January 1770 |
| Frederick, Lord North | February 1770–March 1782 |
| William Petty, Earl of Shelburne | July 1782–March 1783 |
| William Bentinck, Duke of Portland | April–December 1783 |
| Lord President of the Council | |
| John Carteret, Earl Granville | 1751–January 1763 |
| John Russell, Duke of Bedford | September 1763–July 1765 |
| Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham | July 1765–July 1766 |
| Robert Henley, Earl of Northington | July 1766–December 1767 |
| Granville, Lord Gower | December 1767–November 1779 |
| Henry, Earl Bathurst | November 1779–March 1782 |
| Charles Pratt, Lord Camden | March 1782–March 1783 |
| David Murray, Viscount Stormont | April-December 1783 |
| Secretary of State for the Northern Department | |
| Robert D'Arcy, Earl of Holderness | 1754–March 1761 |
| John Stuart, Earl of Bute | March 1761–May 1762 |
| George Grenville | May-October 1762 |
| George Dunk, Earl of Halifax | October 1762–September 1763; January-June 1771 |
| John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich | September 1763–July 1765 |
| Augustus FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton | July-May 1765 |
| General Henry S. Conway | May 1766–January 1768 |
| Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth | January-October 1768 |
| William van Zuylestein, Earl of Rochford | October 1768–December 1770 |
| Henry Howard, Earl of Suffolk | June 1771–March 1779 |
| David Murray, Viscount Stormont | October 1779–March 1782 |
| Secretary of State for the Southern Department | |
| William Pitt, Earl of Chatham | 1757–October 1761 |
| Charles Wyndham, Earl of Egremont | October 1761–August |
| George Dunk, Earl of Halifax | September 1763–July 1765 |
| General Henry S. Conway | July 1765–May 1766 |
| Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond | May-July 1766 |
| William Petty, Earl of Shelburne | August 1766–October 1768 |
| Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth | October 1768–December 1770; November 1775–November 1779 |
| William van Zuylestein, Earl of Rochford | December 1770–October 1775 |
| Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough | November 1779–March 1782 |
| Secretary of State for the American Colonies | |
| Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough | January 1768–August 1772 |
| William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth | August 1772–Novermber 1775 |
| George Germain, Viscount Sackville | November 1775–February 1782 |
| Welbore Ellis | February-March 1782 |
| Secretary of State for Home and Colonial Affairs | |
| William Petty, Earl of Shelburne | March-July 1782 |
| Thomas Townshend, Baron Sydney | July 1782–April 1783 |
| Frederick, Lord North | April-December 1783 |
| "Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs" | |
| Charles James Fox | March-July 1782; April-December 1783 |
| Thomas Robinson, Baron Grantham | July 1782–April 1783 |
| Lord Chancellor | |
| Robert Henley, Earl of Northington | 1757–July 1766 |
| Charles Pratt, Lord Camden | July 1766–January 1770 |
| Charles Yorke | January 1770 |
| Henry, Earl Bathurst | January 1771–April 1778 |
| Edward, Lord Thurlow | June 1778–1792 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| Henry B. Leffe | 1757–March 1761 |
| William, Viscount Barrington | March 1761–May 1762 |
| Francis Dashwood, Baron Le Despencer | May 1762–April 1763 |
| George Grenville | April 1763–July 1765 |
| William Dowdeswell | July 1765–July 1766 |
| Charles Townshend | July 1766–September 1767 |
| William Murray, Earl of Mansfield | September-October 1767 |
| Frederick, Lord North | October 1767–March 1782 |
| Lord John Cavendish | April-July 1782; April-December 1783 |
| William Pitt | July 1782–April 1783 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | |
| George, Baron Anson | March 1761–June 1762 |
| George Dunk, Earl of Halifax | June 1762–January 1763 |
| George Grenville | January-April 1763 |
| John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich | April-September 1763; January 1771–March 1782 |
| John Perceval, Earl of Egmont | September 1763–September 1766 |
| Sir Charles Saunders | September-December 1766 |
| Sir Edward Hawke | December 1766–January 1771 |
| Augustus, Viscount Keppel | March-December 1782; April-December 1783 |
| Richard, Earl Howe | January-April 1783 |
| Commander in Chief | |
| John, Earl of Ligonier | 1759–August 1766 |
| John Manners, Marquess of Granby | August 1766–January 1770 |
| Jeffrey, Baron Amherst | January 1778–March 1782 |
| General Henry S. Conway | March 1782–December 1783 |
| Master General of the Ordnance | |
| John, Earl of Ligonier | 1759–1763 |
| John Manners, Marquess of Granby | July 1763–January 1770 |
| George, Marquess Townshend | 1772–March 1782 |
| Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond | March 1782–1795 |
| Secretary at War | |
| William, Viscount Barrington | 1755–March 1761; July 1765–December 1778 |
| Charles Townshend | March 1761–December 1762 |
| Welbore Ellis | January 1763–July 1765 |
| Charles Jenkinson | December 1778–March 1782 |
| Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney | March-July 1782 |
| Sir George Yonge | July 1782–April 1783 |
| Richard Fitzpatrick | April-December 1783 |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
| George Dunk, Earl of Halifax | October 1757–March 1761 |
| Samuel, Baron Sandys | March 1761–March 1763 |
| Charles Townshend | March-April 1763 |
| William Petty, Earl of Shelburne | April-September 1763 |
| Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough | September 1763–July 1765; August-December 1766; January 1768–August 1772 |
| William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth | July 1765–August 1766; August 1772–November 1775 |
| Robert C. Nugent, Viscount Clare | December 1766–January 1768 |
| George Germain, Viscount Sackville | November 1775–November 1779 |
| Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle | November 1779–September 1780 |
| Thomas Robinson, Baron Grantham | December 1780–June 1782 |
| Appendix IV: Continental Army, General Offices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appointed | End of Service | |||
| General in Chief | ||||
| Washington, George | Virginia | 15-Jun-75 | 23-Dec-83 | resign |
| Major Generals | ||||
| 1. Ward, Artemas | Massachusetts | 17-Jun 75 | 23-Apr 76 | resign |
| 2. Lee, Charles | Virginia | 17-Jun 75 | 10-Jan 80 | resign |
| 3. Schuyler, Philip John | New York | 19-Jun 75 | 19-Apr 79 | resign |
| 4. Putnam, Israel | Connecticut | 19-Jun 75 | 3 Jun 83 | resign |
| 5. Montgomery, Richard | New York | 9 Dec 75 from 3 bg | 31-Dec 75 | killed |
| 6. Thomas, John | Massachusetts | 6 Mar 76 from 2 bg | 2 Jun 76 | died |
| 7. Gates, Horatio | Virginia | 16-May 76 from 1 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
| 8. Heath, William | Massachusetts | 9 Aug 76 from 5 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
| 9. Spencer, Joseph | Connecticut | 9 Aug 76 from 6 bg | 13-Jan 78 | resign |
| 10. Sullivan, John | New Hampshire | 9 Aug 76 from 7 bg | 30-Nov 79 | resign |
| 11. Greene, Nathanael | Rhode Island | 9 Aug 76 from 8 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
| 12. Arnold, Benedict | Connecticut | 17-Feb 77 from 10 bg | 25-Sep 80 | traitor |
| 13. Alexander, William (Lord Stirling) | New York | 19-Feb 77 from 15 bg | 15-Jan 83 | resign |
| 14. Mifflin, Thomas | Pennsylvania | 19-Feb 77 from 18 bg | 25-Feb 79 | resign |
| 15. St. Clair, Arthur | Pennsylvania | 19-Feb 77 from 22 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
| 16. Stephen, Adam | Virginia | 19-Feb 77 from 26 bg | 20-Nov 77 | resign |
| 17. Lincoln, Benjamin | Massachusetts | 19-Feb 77 | 29-Oct 83 | resign |
| 18. Lafayette, Marquis De | France | 31-Jul 77 | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
| 19. Tronson de Coudray, Philippe | France | 11-Aug 77 | 15-Sep 77 | drowned |
| 20. De Kalb, Johann | France | 15-Sep 77 | 19-Aug 80 | killed |
| 21. Howe, Robert | North Carolina | 20-Oct 77 from 16 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
| 22. McDougall, Alexander | New York | 20-Oct 77 from 23 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
| 23. Conway, Thomas | France | 13-Dec 77 from 50 bg | 28-Apr 78 | resign |
| 24. Steuben, Friedrich | Germany | 5 May 78 | 15-Apr 84 | resign |
| 25. Smallwood, William | Maryland | 15-Sep 80 from 31 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
| 26. Parsons, Samuel Holden | Connecticut | 23-Oct 80 from 24 bg | 22-Jul 82 | resign |
| 27. Knox, Henry | Massachusetts | 15-Nov 81 from 34 bg | 20-Jun 84 | resign |
| 28. LeBegue DePresle Duportail, Louis | France | 16-Nov 81 from 53 bg | 10-Oct 83 | resign |
| 29. Moultrie, William | South Carolina | 15-Oct 82 from 28 bg | 3 Nov 83 | resign |
| Brigadier Generals | ||||
| 1. Gates, Horatio | Virginia | 17-Jun 75 | 16-May 76 | to 7 mg |
| 2. Thomas, John | Massachusetts | 22-Jun 75 | 6 Mar 76 | to 6 mg |
| 3. Montgomery, Richard | New York | 22-Jun 75 | 9 Dec 75 | to 3 mg |
| 4. Wooster, David | Connecticut | 22-Jun 75 | 2 May 77 | died |
| 5. Heath, William | Massachusetts | 22-Jun 75 | 9 Aug 76 | to 8 mg |
| 6. Spencer, Joseph | Connecticut | 22-Jun 75 | 9 Aug 76 | to 9 mg |
| 7. Sullivan, John | New Hampshire | 22-Jun 75 | 9 Aug 76 | to 10 mg |
| 8. Greene, Nathanael | Rhode Island | 22-Jun 75 | 9 Aug 76 | to 11 mg |
| 9. Frye, Joseph | Massachusetts | 10-Jan 76 | 23-Apr 76 | resign |
| 10. Arnold, Benedict | Connecticut | 10-Jan 76 | 17-Feb 77 | to 12 mg |
| 11. Armstrong, John Sr. | Pennsylvania | 1 Mar 76 | 4 Apr 77 | resign |
| 12. Thompson, William | Pennsylvania | 1 Mar 76 | 3 Sep 1781 | died |
| 13. Lewis, Andrew | Virginia | 1 Mar 76 | 15-Apr 77 | resign |
| 14. Moore, James | North Carolina | 1 Mar 76 | 9 Apr 77 | died |
| 15. Alexander, William (Lord Stirling) | New York | 1 Mar 76 | 19-Feb 77 | to 13 mg |
| 16. Howe, Robert | North Carolina | 1 Mar 76 | to 21 mg | |
| 17. Woedtke, Frederick, Baron De | France | |||
| 18. Mifflin, Thomas | Pennsylvania | to 14 mg | ||
| 19. Mercer, Hugh | Virginia | |||
| 20. Reed, James | New Hampshire | |||
| 21. Nixon, John | Massachusetts | |||
| 22. St. Clair, Arthur | Pennsylvania | to 15 mg | ||
| 23. McDougall, Alexander | New York | to 22 mg | ||
| 24. Parsons, Samuel Holden | Connecticut | to 26 mg | ||
| 25. Clinton, James | New York | |||
| 26. Stephen, Adam | Virginia | to 16 mg | ||
| 27. Gadsden, Christopher | South Carolina | |||
| 28. Moultrie, William | South Carolina | to 29 mg | ||
| 29. McIntosh, Lachlan | Georgia | |||
| 30. Maxwell, William | New Jersey | |||
| 31. Smallwood, William | Maryland | to 25 mg | ||
| Appendix IV: Continental Army, General Offices [CONT] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appointed | End of Service | |||
| Note: mg = Major General, bg = Brigadier General | ||||
| 32. Fermoy, Matthias | France | |||
| 33. Preudhomme DeBorre, Phillipe | France | |||
| 34. Knox, Henry | Massachusetts | to 27 mg | ||
| 35. Nash, Francis | North Carolina | |||
| 36. Poor, Enoch | New Hampshire | |||
| 37. Glover, John | Massachusetts | |||
| 38. Paterson, John | Massachusetts | |||
| 39. Wayne, Anthony | Pennsylvania | |||
| 40. Varnum, James Mitchell | Rhode Island | |||
| 41. deHaas, John P. | Pennsylvania | |||
| 42. Woodford, William | Virginia | |||
| 43. Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel | Virginia | |||
| 44. Weedon, George | Virginia | |||
| 45. Clinton, George | New York | |||
| 46. Hand, Edward | Pennsylvania | |||
| 47. Scott, Charles | Virginia | |||
| 48. Learned, Ebenezer | Massachusetts | |||
| 49. Huntington, Jedidiah | Connecticut | |||
| 50. Conway, Thomas | France | to 23 mg | ||
| 51. Pulaski, Casimir | Poland | |||
| 52. Stark, John | New Hampshire | |||
| 53. LeBegue DePresle Duportail, Louis | France | to 28 mg | ||
| 54. Sumner, Jethro | North Carolina | |||
| 55. Hogun, James | North Carolina | |||
| 56. Huger, Isaac | South Carolina | |||
| 57. Gist, Mordecai | Maryland | |||
| 58. Irvine, William | Pennsylvania | |||
| 59. Morgan, Daniel | Virginia | |||
| 60. Williams, Otho Holland | Maryland | |||
| 61. Greaton, John | Massachusetts | |||
| 62. Putnam, Rufus | Massachusetts | |||
| 63. Dayton, Elias | New Jersey | |||
| 64. Armand, Charles | France | |||
| Appendix V: British Regiments | Arrived in America | Left America | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | Alternate unit name | Date | Year | Location | Date | Fate/Destination | |||||||
| 1 Part not interned at Yorktown left Charleston in 1782: 23rd, 33rd, and 71st. | SOURCE: Anthony D. Darling, Red Coat and Brown Bess, Museum Restorationn Service (Ottawa, Ontario), 1970, pp. 55-57 | ||||||||||||
| Guards (single battalion drawn from the three Guards regiments) | |||||||||||||
| 1st Gds | July | 1776 | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | ||||||||
| 2nd Gds | Coldstream | July | 1776 | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | |||||||
| 3rd Gds | July | 1776 | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | ||||||||
| Regiments of Foot | |||||||||||||
| 3rd | Buffs | June | 1781 | Charleston | 1782 | West Indies | |||||||
| 4th | King's Own | June | 1774 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | |||||||
| 5th | July | 1774 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
| 6th | October | 1776 | New York | 1776 | drafted | ||||||||
| 7th | Royal Fusiliers | July | 1773 | Canada | 1783 | British Isles | |||||||
| 8th | King's | 1768 | Canada | 1785 | British Isles | ||||||||
| 9th | May | 1776 | Canada | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | ||||||||
| 10th | 1767 | Canada | 1778 | drafted | |||||||||
| 14th | 1766 | Halifax | 1777 | drafted | |||||||||
| 15th | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
| 16th | 1767 | New York | 1782 | drafted | |||||||||
| 17th | December | 1775 | Boston | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | ||||||||
| 18th | Royal Irish | 1767 | Philadelphia | 1775 | drafted | ||||||||
| 19th | June | 1781 | Charleston | 1782 | West Indies | ||||||||
| 20th | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | ||||||||
| 21st | Royal North British Fusiliers | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | |||||||
| 22nd | July | 1775 | Boston | 1783 | British Isles | ||||||||
| 23rd | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 1773 | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown1 | ||||||||
| 24th | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | ||||||||
| 26th | Cameronians | 1767 | New Jersey | 1779 | drafted | ||||||||
| 27th | Enniskillens | October | 1775 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | |||||||
| 28th | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
| 29th | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1787 | British Isles | ||||||||
| 30th | June | 1781 | Charleston | 1782 | West Indies | ||||||||
| 31st | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1787 | British Isles | ||||||||
| 33rd | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1781 | interned, Yorktown1 | ||||||||
| 34th | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1786 | British Isles | ||||||||
| 35th | June | 1775 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
| 37th | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1783 | left New York | ||||||||
| 38th | July | 1774 | Boston | 1783 | left New York | ||||||||
| 40th | 1. June | 1775 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
| 2. September | 1781 | New York | 1783 | left New York | |||||||||
| 42nd | Royal Highland Regiment | July | 1776 | New York | 1783 | left New York | |||||||
| 43rd | June | 1774 | Boston | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | ||||||||
| 44th | June | 1775 | Boston | 1780 | Canada | ||||||||
| 45th | July | 1775 | Boston | 1778 | drafted | ||||||||
| 46th | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
| 47th | 1773 | New Jersey | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | |||||||||
| 49th | June | 1775 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
| 52nd | October | 1774 | Boston | 1778 | drafted | ||||||||
| 53rd | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | ||||||||
| 54th | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1783 | left New York | ||||||||
| 55th | December | 1775 | Boston | 1778 | West Indies | ||||||||
| 57th | May | 1776 | Cape Fear | 1783 | left New York | ||||||||
| 59th | 1765 | Halifax | 1775 | drafted | |||||||||
| 60th | Royal American Regiment: 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion, raised 1775 4th Battalion, raised 1775 | ||||||||||||
| 62nd | May | 1776 | Quebec | 1777 | interned, Saratoga | ||||||||
| 63rd | June | 1775 | Boston | 1782 | West Indies | ||||||||
| 64th | 1768 | Boston | 1782 | West Indies | |||||||||
| 65th | 1768 | Boston | 1776 | drafted | |||||||||
| 69th | September | 1781 | New York (6wks) | 1781 | West Indies | ||||||||
| 70th | August | 1778 | Halifax | ||||||||||
| Appendix V: British Regiments [CONT] | Arrived in America | Left America | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | Alternate unit name | Date | Year | Location | Date | Fate/Destination | |||||||
| 1 Part not interned at Yorktown left Charleston in 1782: 23rd, 33rd, and 71st. | SOURCE: Anthony D. Darling, Red Coat and Brown Bess, Museum Restorationn Service (Ottawa, Ontario), 1970, pp. 55-57 | ||||||||||||
| Newly Raised | |||||||||||||
| 71st | Fraser's Highlanders | 1776 | July | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown1 | |||||||
| 74th | Argyll Highlanders | 1778 | August | Halifax | |||||||||
| 76th | MacDonald's Highlanders | 1779 | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | ||||||||
| 80th | Royal Edinburgh Volunteers | 1779 | New York | 1781 | interned, Yorktown | ||||||||
| 82nd | Duke of Hamilton's Regiment | 1778 | August | Halifax | 1781 | interned, Yorktown 1co | |||||||
| 1782 | left Charleston 3 cos | ||||||||||||
| Newly Raised in America | |||||||||||||
| 84th=1779 | Royal Highland Emigrants 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion | 1775 | CANADA | ||||||||||
| 105th=1782 | King's Irish Regiment | 1778 | AMERICA | 1782 | left Charleston | ||||||||
| Light Dragoons | |||||||||||||
| 16th LD | Queen's Light Dragoons | 1776 | July | New York | 1778 | drafted | |||||||
| 17th LD | 1775 | June | Boston | 1783 | British Isles | ||||||||
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