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Lesser-known Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Arthur Middleton of South Carolina

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Arthur Middleton was a son of South Carolina, and had a very interesting life. See if you don't agree. Arthur Middleton was a South Carolinian patriot who fiercely defended his colony’s interests and supported radical measures against British rule. He was one of a handful of signers of the Declaration of Independence to become a …

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Next Installment, Lesser-known Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Lyman Hall of Georgia, via Connecticut

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Dr. Hall was one of the few physicians who sighed the Declaration, and he had a consequential life. Lyman Hall was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, on April 12, 1724, as the fourth of eight children. He pursued his studies at Yale College, where he graduated in 1747. He became an ordained Congregational minister, but soon …

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