This auction is for an original 1822 1st EDITION! of "BIOGRAPHY OF THE SIGNERS TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE," by John Sanderson. YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK!!! Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. It was an act of the Second Continental Congress, adopted on July 4, 1776, which declared that the Thirteen Colonies were independent of Great Britain. Here, in exalted and unforgettable phrases, Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people. The political philosophy of the Declaration was not new; its ideals of individual liberty had already been expressed by John Locke and the Continental philosophers. What Jefferson did was to summarize this philosophy in "self-evident truths" and set forth a list of grievances against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country. This book contains 250 pages of the biographies of 4 signers of the Declaration --- Benjamin Franklin, George Wythe, Francis Hopkinson, and Robert Treat Paine.  Published in 1822, this book is in VERY GOOD CONDITION! for its age and especially to be 186 YEARS OLD!!! ALL PAGES ARE PRESENT!!! and tightly bound with NO TEARS!!! It's as if it has never been read! If you are interested in an authentic history of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, you should bid to win this book! This is a RARE!!! book that a search of all the major internet book sites reveals this to be THE ONLY ONE AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE!!! at the time of this listing so...GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!!! We accept personal checks and money orders only. NO PAYPAL.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, elder statesman of the Revolution and oldest signer of both the Declaration and the Constitution, sat on the committee that drafted the Declaration, attended the Constitutional Convention, and distinguished himself as a diplomat. But he was a self-made and self-educated intellectual colossus whose interests far transcended politics. He won international renown as a printer-publisher, author, philosopher, scientist, inventor, and philanthropist. On both sides of the Atlantic he mingled with the social elite, whom he impressed with his sagacity, wit, and zest for life. Virginia's GEORGE WYTHE spent only about a year in the Continental Congress, never aspired to any other national office, and played a minor part in the Constitutional Convention. But he made a deep impress on legal education in the Nation and strongly influenced the government and jurisprudence of his State. A brilliant classical scholar and the first professor of law in an American college, he instructed scores of young lawyers. Included among them were Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Marshall, and Henry Clay. The literary and artistic talents of FRANCIS HOPKINSON brought him more acclaim than his political and legal activities. Although a lawyer and judge by profession, he achieved more eminence as an essayist, poet, artist, and musician. His verse and satirical essays rank among the better literary efforts of the Revolutionary and early Federal periods, and he was one of America's first native composers. His eldest son, Joseph (1770-1842), wrote "Hail Columbia" and won distinction as a lawyer, jurist, U.S. Congressman, and patron of the arts. A clergyman turned lawyer-jurist, ROBERT TREAT PAINE spent only a short time in Congress but enjoyed considerable political prestige in Massachusetts. His second son (1773-1811) and great-grandson (1835-1910), both bearing exactly the same names as he, gained fame respectively as poet and businessman-philanthropist.