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PENNSYLVANIA
GEORGE CLYMER
Born: March 16, 1739
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 37
Occupation: Merchant
Public Service: Philadelphia Committee of Safety, 1773; Continental Congress, 1776-1777 and 1780-1782; Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1785-1788; U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Congress, 1789-1791; Collector of Excise Duties, 1791; one of Commissioners that negotiated treaty with Cherokee and Creek Indians, 1796.
Died: January 23, 1813
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Born: January 17, 1706
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 70
Occupation: Printer, Publisher, Scientist
Public Service: Clerk of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1736-1750; Postmaster of Philadelphia, 1737; Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, 1744-1754; Deputy Postmaster General, British North American Colonies, 1753-1774; Pennsylvania agent to London, 1757-1762 and 1764-1775; Continental Congress, 1775- 1776; President, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1776; Diplomatic Commissioner to France, later Minister to France, 1776- 1785; one of negotiators of the treaty of peace with Great Britain, 1782; President, Executive Council of Pennsylvania, 1785-1788; U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Died: April 17, 1790
ROBERT MORRIS
Born: January 20, 1734
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 42
Occupation: Merchant
Public Service: Pennsylvania Council of Safety, 1775; Continental Congress, 1775-1778; signed Articles of Confederation, 1778; Pennsylvania Assembly, 1778-1781 and 1785-1787; National Superintendent of Finance, 1781-1784; U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senate, 1789-1795.
Died: May 9, 1806
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