Chesapeake Patriots: Their Lives, Contributions, and Burial Sites (Graves of Our Founders)

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume about the Chesapeake region includes those that lived, worked, and or died in Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C. Included in this volume are biographies and grave information for 22 of these luminaries who made significant contributions to the Revolutionary cause.In this volume:Abraham Baldwin: The Founder of the University of GeorgiaRichard Bassett: Senator #1Gunning Bedford Jr.: Constitution Signer from DelawareEdward Biddle: Speaker of the Pennsylvania AssemblyCharles Carroll of Carrollton: The Catholic SignerDaniel Carroll: A Catholic PatriotSamuel Chase: First to be ImpeachedJohn Dickinson: Penman of the RevolutionElbridge Gerry: Founder of GerrymanderingJohn Hanson: President of the United States in Congress AssembledDaniel of St. Thomas Jenifer: Elder StatesmanThomas Johnson: One of the Original SupremesJohn Paul Jones: "I have not yet begun to fight!"Edward Langworthy: An Orphaned FounderThomas Lynch: South Carolina Son of LibertyJames McHenry: Secretary of WarWilliam Paca: Master of WyeGeorge Read: Triple SignerCaesar Rodney: Rode for IndependenceThomas Stone: Pacificist PatriotMatthew Tilghman: Father of the Revolution in MarylandNicholas Van Dyke: President of DelawareIndex