The signers of the Declaration
represented the new States as follows:
The moment of the signification
 
New Hampshire: 
Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton 

Rhode Island: 
Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery 

New York: 
William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris 

Pennsylvania: 
Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross 

Maryland: 
Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton 

North Carolina: 
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn 

Georgia: 
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton 

Massachusetts: 
John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry 

Connecticut: 
Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott 

New Jersey: 
Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark 

Delaware: 
Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean 

Virginia: 
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter 
Braxton 

South Carolina: 
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton 
 
 

 
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