Roger Sherman: Signer and Statesman

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Preface and Acknowledgments v
• Contents ix
• Illustrations xi
• I the Sherman Family 1
• Ii the English Colonies in 1721 10
• Iii Youth in Stoughton 15
• Iv Early Years in New Milford 27
• V the Sherman Almanacs 40
• Vi Later Years in New Milford 53
• Vii Sherman in New Haven 61
• Viii Stamp Act Days 78
• Ix from Stamp Act Repeal to Continental Congress 97
• X the First Continental Congress 114
• Xi the Second Continental Congress 129
• Xii the Wyoming Controversy 148

• Title Page iii
• Preface and Acknowledgments v
• Contents ix
• Illustrations xi
• I the Sherman Family 1
• Ii the English Colonies in 1721 10
• Iii Youth in Stoughton 15
• Iv Early Years in New Milford 27
• V the Sherman Almanacs 40
• Vi Later Years in New Milford 53
• Vii Sherman in New Haven 61
• Viii Stamp Act Days 78
• Ix from Stamp Act Repeal to Continental Congress 97
• X the First Continental Congress 114
• Xi the Second Continental Congress 129
• Xii the Wyoming Controversy 148
• Xiii Revolutionary Progress, Perils, and Victory 165
• Xiv Legislator, Mayor, and Judge 198
• Xv the Constitutional Convention 222
• Xvi the Constitutional Convention (continued) 242
• Xvii the Constitution Ratified 264
• Xviii in the Federal Congress 281
• Xix Theology and Religion 314
• Xx "A Bright Luminary Sets" 324
• Appendix a Further Data on Sherman Almanacs 339
• Appendix B Propositions Embodying Changes in the Articles of Confederation 345
• Appendix C Committees on Which Sherman Served 348
• Appendix D List of Letters Quoted in This Volume, with Locations 357
• Appendix E Bibliography 361
• Index 375