Hugh Williamson : physician, patriot, and founding father

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

Author/creator	Sheldon, George F.
Other author/creator	Friday, William C. (William Clyde)
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Amherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books, 2010.
Description	361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	Williamson, Hugh, 1735-1819. United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers --Biography. United States. Continental Congress--Biography. Physicians--United States --Biography. Politicians--United States --Biography. North Carolina--History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 --Biography. North Carolina--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Biography. United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783. United States--Politics and government --1775-1783.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-325) and index.
LCCN	2009032813
ISBN	9781591027706 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	1591027705 (pbk. : alk. paper)