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Roger Sherman, Ordered Liberty, and the Creation of the American Republic

ABSTRACT

The conference revisited Roger Sherman's importance to the Revolutionary and Founding periods through the most complete collection to date of his most important work published by Liberty Fund.

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From Liberty Fund

Collected Works of Roger Sherman

by By Roger Sherman
Edited and with an Introduction by Mark David Hall

Roger Sherman (1721–1793) was the only founder to sign the Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. He served 1,543 days in the Continental Congress and was a member of the five-man committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence.

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