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Pop Stars and Docktors: Hopkinson, Witherspoon, Bartlett and Others
They Signed: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
English - July 21, 2012 16:52 - 20.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsSociety & Culture History american history signers Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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.