Pop Stars and Docktors: Hopkinson, Witherspoon, Bartlett and Others

A pop musician of the 18th century was among the Signers Francis Hopkinson, a 'funny looking man' according to Adamas, was a lawyer but also a musician on the side indeed a master of American music. We discuss him, John Witherspoon the famous preacher and college President, and two doctors Josiah Bartlett (now more famous due to the TV show The West Wing, and Matthew Thornton, whose fame mostly resides in New Hampshire.

John Hancock Manhandles England, Samuel and John Adams

He's more than just a large signature. At the John Hancock was seen as the utmost revolutionary, probably the one most in 1776 thought would have been remembered in history as the Foremost Patriot Yet we seem to only remember John Hancock for his signature.We talk about Hancock, and his first physical confrontation with England. Also, Samuel Adams writes a revolutionary college thesis and makes beer and newspapers. While his cousin John moves from moderate, to fervent patriot, to diplomat and visitor to the King he had railed against.

Why Did the Signers Wear Wigs? Roger Sherman, Benjamin Rush and Others

It's a style

The Fifth and Market Moment and the False Thaw

A bit about the events that would cause two Signers and friends, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, to stop talking. And stop writing. and the event that almost broke the silence.