Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence volume 2
Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence volume 2
John Sanderson
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Immediately on his ar- rival, he was elected by the legislature, a delegate to the general congress; to which he added, in the opinions of all men, a new lustre and authority; and although advanced beyond the vigour of hfe, he shared in its most important toils with incessant activity. "My time, " he observes to a friend in London, " was never more fully employed. Fn the morning at six I am at the committee of safety, which holds till nine; and at the congress till after four in the afternoon. ...These bodies proceed with the greatest unanimity, and their meetings are nu- merously attended. It will scarcely be credited in Britain that men can be as diligent with us from zeal for the public good, as with you for thousands per annum. Such is the difference between uncor- rupted new states and corrupted old ones. '' He was the chief instrument in procuring the issue of 98 FRANKLIN. the paper money employed in the expenses of the wai'j he projected a cheveaux de frize, for the pro- tection of Philadelphia, then the residence of con- gress; and by that body was sent on a mission to Ca- nada to solicit the co-operation of that province with the general confederacy.
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