they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. JOHN HANCOCK, &c. SIGNERS OF THE ABOVE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Elbridge Gerry, Stephen Hopkins, R. I. Where and when born. Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut, William Floyd, Long Island, Dec. 17, 1734 42 Aug. 4, 1821 Francis Lewis, John Witherspoon, Robert Morris, Benjamin Franklin, George Clymer, James Wilson, Philip Livingston, N. Y. Lewis Morris, Francis Hopkinson, Abraham Clark, Benjamin Rush, John Morton, James Smith, George Taylor, N. J. Pennsylvania, New York, Jan. 15, 1716 60 June 12, 1778 South Wales, New York, 1726 50 Jan. New Jersey, New Jersey, New Jersey, Feb. 5, 1726 50 England, Jan. 1733 Pennsylvania, Dec. 24, 1745 George Ross, Delaware, 1730 Cæsar Rodney, Delaware, 1730 George Read, 1734 42 Thomas M'Kean, Pennsylvania, Samuel Chase, Maryland, William Paca, Maryland, Mar. 19, 1734 42 Md. Thomas Stone, Maryland, 1740 36 Charles Carroll, Maryland, Sept. 8, 1737 George Wythe, Virginia, 1726 50 Richard H. Lee, Virginia, Jan. 20, 1732 44 June 19, 1794 Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, April 2, 1743 Virginia, Thomas Nelson, Virginia, Dec. 26, 1738 Francis L. Lee, Virginia, Carter Braxton, Virginia, Oct. 14, 1734 42 William Hooper, Massachusetts, June 17, 1742 34 Joseph Hewes, N. C. New Jersey, 1730 John Penn, Virginia, May 17, 1741) Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, South Carolina, Nov. 1749 1746 S. C. Thomas Lynch, South Carolina, Aug. 5, 1749 Arthur Middleton, Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, Geo. George Walton, Virginia, South Carolina, England, Connecticut, 1732 1740 1726 50 Dec. 1, 1797 1713 63 Dec. 30, 1803 1798 Feb. 28, 1781 Nov. 15, 1794 May 8, 1791 1780 1794 May 8, 1806 April 19, 1812 April 17, 1790 1777 Jan. 23, 1813 1806 Feb. 23, 1781 Aug. 28, 1798 July, 1779 1783 53 1798 64 Brigadier Generals. State. Date of Comm. Brigadier Generals. Seth Pomeroy, Ms. June 22, 1775. Joseph Spencer, Rich. Montgomery, N. Y. William Heath, Ms. CONTINENTAL ARMY IN 1783. Commander in Chief. Major Generals. Israel Putnam, Horatio Gates, William Heath, Va. State. State. Date of Comm. | Major Generals. Con. June 19, 1775. Robert Howe, May 16, 1776. Alex. McDougall, Aug. 9, 1776. Baron Steuben, Nathaniel Greene, R. I. do. 9, 1776. Wm. Smallwood, Wm. Lord Stirling, N. J. Feb. 19, 1777. William Moultrie, Arthur St. Clair, Penn. do. 19, 1777. Henry Knox, Date of Commission. Date of Commission. June 17, 1775. State. Date of Comm. Date of Commission. June 15, 1775. Benjamin Lincoln, Ms. do. 19, 1777. Le Chev. du Portail, Fran. do. 16, 1780. M. de Lafayette, Fran. July 31, 1777. Brigadier Generals. State. Date of Comm. Brigadier Generals. State. Date of Comm. James Clinton, N. Y. Aug. 9, 1776. Jethro Sumner, George Weeden, Va. do. George Clinton, do. do. 1777. William Irvine, 1777. Daniel Morgan, 1777. Moses Hazen, N. Y. Mar. 25, 1777. C. H. Williams, Penn. April 1, 1777. John Greaton, do. 2, 1777. Rufus Putnam, Con. May 12, 1777. Elias Dayton, Va. N. H. Oct. 4, 1777. Major General Le Chevalier du Portail, Chief Engineer. Major General Baron Steuben, Inspector General. Colonel Walter Stewart, Inspector of the Northern Department. Brigadier General Hand, Adjutant General. Colonel Timothy Pickering, Quarter Master General. A TABLE showing the Force that Each of the Thirteen States supplied for the Regular Army from 1775 to 1783, inclusive. [From Niles's Regulars. 2,386. 13,912 26,678. 7,263. 6,417. 2,679. Total 231,791. The total number of Continental Troops, according to the statement in the "Collections of the New Hampshire Historical Society," published in the first volume of this Almanac, was 231,971; Militia, 56,163. Abstract of the Accounts of the respective States, for Expenses incurred during the Revolutionary War, as allowed by the Commissioners who finally settled said Accounts.-[From Pitkin's History of the U. States.] STATES. Sums allowed tures. Sums charged for advances by United States, including the assumption of State debts. Expendi- Balances Balances tures ex- found due found due cluding all from the to the U. advances. U.States. States. New Hampshire, $4,278,015 02 $1,082,954 02 $3,195,061 $75,055 Massachusetts, Rhode Island, * Mr. Randolph, five or six days before the adjournment of Congress, was prevented from attending by ill health, and Mr. Middleton was chosen to supply his place, When the next Congress met, May 10th, 1775, Peyton Randolph was again chosen president, but being, on the 24th of the same month, obliged to return home, John Hancock was chosen to fill the vacancy. The first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia on the 5th of September, 1774; and the first Congress under the Constitution, assembled in New York on the 3d of March, 1789. IV. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. ARTICLE I. SECTION 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION II. [1.] The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states; and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature. [2.] No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen. [3.] Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed,, three-fifths of all other persons. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent * Samuel Johnson, of North Carolina, was previously elected, but declined accepting. † Mr. Gorham was elected "Chairman of Congress" on the 15th of May preceding. term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each state shall have at least one representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the state of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three; Massachusetts, eight; Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, one; Connecticut, five; New York, six; New Jersey, four; Pennsylvania, eight; Delaware, one; Maryland, six; Virginia, ten; North Carolina, five; South Carolina, five; and Georgia, three. [4] When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. [5.] The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. SECTION III. [1.] The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof, for six years; and each senator shall have one vote. [2.] Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year, and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year, so that one third may be chosen every second year; and if vacancies happen by resignation, or otherwise, during the recess of the legislature of any state, the executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies. [3.] No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. [4.] The Vice-President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. [5.] The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a president protempore, in the absence of the Vice-President, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States. [6.] The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments: when sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. [7.] Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit, under the United States; but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment, according to law. |