Revolutionary War Patriot, Continental Congressman. He was an staunch early supported of Independence from Great Britain, and served as a clerk to the Secretary of the Continental Congress, Charles Thomson. In this capacity he actually wrote the draft of the Declaration of Independence that was signed by the various members of the 2nd Continental Congress, and that document is now on display at the National Archives in Washington, DC. He also served as Colonel of the Philadelphia Associators Pennsylvania Militia Regiment (the "Shirt Battalion"), and fought with them at the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. He later served as Secretary of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, and aided in the treason trial in absentia for Benedict Arnold. He was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress, serving in 1780. He co-founded the Society of Free Quakers for members of the church who had been disenfranchised for supporting the Revolution. Originally interred in the Free Quaker Burial Ground, at 5th Street between Spruce and Locust Streets in Philadelphia, his remains were moved to the Wetherills Cemetery in Audubon, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1905.
Revolutionary War Patriot, Continental Congressman. He was an staunch early supported of Independence from Great Britain, and served as a clerk to the Secretary of the Continental Congress, Charles Thomson. In this capacity he actually wrote the draft of the Declaration of Independence that was signed by the various members of the 2nd Continental Congress, and that document is now on display at the National Archives in Washington, DC. He also served as Colonel of the Philadelphia Associators Pennsylvania Militia Regiment (the "Shirt Battalion"), and fought with them at the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. He later served as Secretary of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, and aided in the treason trial in absentia for Benedict Arnold. He was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress, serving in 1780. He co-founded the Society of Free Quakers for members of the church who had been disenfranchised for supporting the Revolution. Originally interred in the Free Quaker Burial Ground, at 5th Street between Spruce and Locust Streets in Philadelphia, his remains were moved to the Wetherills Cemetery in Audubon, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1905.
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