Massachusetts Militia - Massachusetts Militiamen in the American Revolution, John Hancock, Paul Revere, William Stacy, Seth Read, Rufus King (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 70. Chapters: Massachusetts militiamen in the American Revolution, John Hancock, Paul Revere, William Stacy, Seth Read, Rufus King, Isaac Davis, Benjamin Lincoln, Timothy Pickering, George Robert Twelves Hewes, Joseph Warren, Deborah Sampson, Benjamin Tupper, Anselm Tupper, Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, Toby Gilmore, Barzillai Lew, Joseph Leavitt, Samuel Osgood, Thaddeus Bowman, Samuel Taft, Joseph Bradley Varnum, William Dawes, Bezaleel Taft, Sr., Peleg Wadsworth, Thomas Carpenter III, Levi Lincoln, Sr., Christian Febiger, Royall Tyler, Stockbridge Militia, Baxter Hall, William Munroe, Lemuel Haynes, Samuel Willard, Simeon Wheelock, Solomon Lovell, Seth Pomeroy, John Brown of Pittsfield, John Parker, Prince Estabrook, Nathaniel Freeman, Salem Poor, George Middleton, John Allan, Joseph Palmer, Aaron Bancroft, Woodbridge's Regiment of Militia, John Nixon, Caleb Rich, Simonds' Regiment of Militia, Russell Sturgis, David Shepard, Thomas Gardner, Thomas Dawes, James Warren, Joseph Frye, Abraham Somes, William Berry, Sparhawk's Regiment of Militia, Asa Pollard, Wells' Regiment of Militia, Stephen Bullock, Reed's Regiment of Militia, Storer's Regiment of Militia, May's Regiment of Militia, Wright's Regiment of Militia, Whitney's Regiment of Militia, Moses Little, Cyprian Howe. Excerpt: John Hancock (January 23, 1737 - October 8, 1793) was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that the term "John Hancock" has become, in the United States, a synonym for signature. Before the American Revolution, Hancock was one of the wealthiest men in the Thirteen Colonies, hav...