Roger Sherman (April 19 (O.S.), April 30 (N.S.), 1721 - July 23, 1793) was an early American lawyer and politician. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the American Declaration of Independence. He was the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: the Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. Wikipedia
Sherman was apprenticed early to a shoemaker and at the age of nineteen, his father died and he became the principal care taker and financial supporter of his large family. famousamericans.net/RogerSherman.net/
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Roger Sherman Birth: Apr. 19, 1721 Death: Jul. 23, 1793 Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=950
Roger Shermans Connecticut: Yankee Politics and the American Revolution . Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1971; Gerbr, Scott D. Roger Sherman and the Bill of Rights. bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000349...
