Hugh Williamson : physician, patriot, and founding father / George F. Sheldon.

  • Sheldon, George F.
Date:
2010
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Amherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books, 2010.

Physical description

361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Contents

Foreword / by William Friday -- Prologue: "He was no ordinary man" -- Chronology -- Early years -- Scientist -- Revolutionary War spy -- Continental Congress and secret committees -- The War for Independence in North Carolina -- The Revolutionary War moves South -- State and national legislator -- Williamson in the Continental Congress -- The Constitutional Convention -- The struggle for ratification of the Constitution -- Educator -- Entrepreneur -- Williamson the man -- Appendix A : "remarks on the new plan of government" -- Appendix B : publications by Hugh Williamson in the New York Historical Society.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-325) and index.

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BZP (Williamson)
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781591027706
  • 1591027705