George Clymer, the Glossary
George Clymer (March 16, 1739January 23, 1813) was an American politician, abolitionist and Founding Father of the United States, one of only six founders who signed both the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution.[1]
Table of Contents
60 relations: American Philosophical Society, Andrew Gregg, British America, Charles Willson Peale, Clymer, New York, Clymer, Pennsylvania, Colerain, Georgia, Committee of safety (American Revolution), Constitution of the United States, Constitutional Convention (United States), Continental Congress, CoreStates Financial Corporation, Daniel Hiester, Fairmount Park, Fort Ticonderoga, Founding Fathers of the United States, Frederick Muhlenberg, Friends Burying Ground, Trenton, George Walton, Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730), Henry Wynkoop, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Israel Jacobs, John Cadwalader (general), John W. Kittera, Kingdom of Great Britain, Mary Willing Clymer, Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Michael Hillegas, Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Muscogee, National Archives and Records Administration, Patriot (American Revolution), Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Peter Muhlenberg, Philadelphia, Politics of the United States, Province of Pennsylvania, Reading, Pennsylvania, Ridgeland Mansion, Robert Morris (financier), Sampson Mathews, Sint Eustatius, Stamp Act 1765, Summerseat (Morrisville, Pennsylvania), Tea Act, Thomas Fitzsimons, Thomas Hartley, ... Expand index (10 more) »
- Continental Congressmen from Pennsylvania
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Signers of the United States Constitution
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.
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Andrew Gregg
Andrew Gregg (June 10, 1755May 20, 1835) was an American politician.
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British America
British America comprised the colonial territories of the English Empire, and the successor British Empire, in the Americas from 1607 to 1783.
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Charles Willson Peale
Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician, and naturalist.
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Clymer, New York
Clymer is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States.
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Clymer, Pennsylvania
Clymer is a borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Colerain, Georgia
Colerain (variously spelled "Coleraine" and "Colrane") is an extinct American town in Camden County, Georgia.
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Committee of safety (American Revolution)
In the American Revolution, committees of correspondence, committees of inspection, also known as committees of observation and committees of safety, were different local committees of Patriots that became a shadow government; they took control of the Thirteen Colonies away from royal officials, who became increasingly helpless.
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Constitution of the United States
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States.
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Constitutional Convention (United States)
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
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Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain in North America, and the newly declared United States before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War.
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CoreStates Financial Corporation
CoreStates Financial Corporation, previously known as Philadelphia National Bank (PNB), was an American bank holding company in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area.
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Daniel Hiester
Daniel Hiester (June 25, 1747 – March 7, 1804) was an American political and military leader from the Revolutionary War period to the early 19th Century. George Clymer and Daniel Hiester are members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves.
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Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park is the largest municipal park in Philadelphia and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city.
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Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain, in northern New York, in the United States.
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Founding Fathers of the United States
The Founding Fathers of the United States, commonly referred to as the Founding Fathers, were a group of late-18th-century American revolutionary leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies, oversaw the War of Independence from Great Britain, established the United States of America, and crafted a framework of government for the new nation.
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Frederick Muhlenberg
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (January 1, 1750 – June 4, 1801) was an American minister and politician who was the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and the first Dean of the United States House of Representatives. George Clymer and Frederick Muhlenberg are Continental Congressmen from Pennsylvania.
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Friends Burying Ground, Trenton
Friends Burying Ground is a cemetery in Trenton in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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George Walton
George Walton (– February 2, 1804) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence while representing Georgia in the Continental Congress. George Clymer and George Walton are founding Fathers of the United States and Signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.
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Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730)
General Sir Henry Clinton, KB (16 April 1730 – 23 December 1795) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1772 and 1795.
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Henry Wynkoop
Henry Wynkoop (March 2, 1737March 25, 1816) was an American politician, who was member of the Continental Congress (from 1779) and later a United States representative for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania during the First United States Congress, 1789 to 1791. George Clymer and Henry Wynkoop are Continental Congressmen from Pennsylvania and members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Indiana County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Indiana, Pennsylvania
Indiana is a borough in and the county seat of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Israel Jacobs
Israel Jacobs (June 9, 1726 December 10, 1796) was a colonial Pennsylvania Legislator and United States Representative from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. George Clymer and Israel Jacobs are members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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John Cadwalader (general)
John Cadwalader (January 10, 1742 – February 10, 1786) was a commander of Pennsylvania troops during the American Revolutionary War and served under George Washington.
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John W. Kittera
John Wilkes Kittera (November 1752 – June 6, 1801) was an American lawyer and politician from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.
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Mary Willing Clymer
Mary Willing Clymer (1770–1852) was an American socialite in Philadelphia during the city's time as capital of the United States.
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Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
The Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence is a memorial depicting the signatures of the 56 signatories to the United States Declaration of Independence.
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Michael Hillegas
Michael Hillegas (April 22, 1729 – September 29, 1804) was the first treasurer of the United States. George Clymer and Michael Hillegas are politicians from Philadelphia.
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Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Morrisville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Muscogee
The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy (in the Muscogee language; English), are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands Sequoyah Research Center and the American Native Press Archives in the United States.
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National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government within the executive branch, charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records.
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Patriot (American Revolution)
Patriots, also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs, were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain's control and governance during the colonial era, and supported and helped launch the American Revolution that ultimately established American independence.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Peter Muhlenberg
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (October 1, 1746October 1, 1807) was an American clergyman and military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
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Politics of the United States
In the United States, politics functions within a framework of a constitutional federal republic.
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Province of Pennsylvania
The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681.
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Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading (Reddin) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Ridgeland Mansion
Ridgeland Mansion is an historic -story, gable-roofed house located in west Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
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Robert Morris (financier)
Robert Morris Jr. (January 20, 1734May 8, 1806) was an English-born American merchant, investor and politician who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. George Clymer and Robert Morris (financier) are Continental Congressmen from Pennsylvania, founding Fathers of the United States, politicians from Philadelphia, Signers of the United States Constitution and Signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.
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Sampson Mathews
Sampson Mathews (– January 20, 1807) was an American merchant, soldier, and legislator in the colony (and later U.S. state) of Virginia.
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Sint Eustatius
Sint Eustatius, known locally as Statia, is an island in the Caribbean.
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Stamp Act 1765
The Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 12), was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London which included an embossed revenue stamp.
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Summerseat (Morrisville, Pennsylvania)
Summerseat, also known as the George Clymer House and Thomas Barclay House, is a historic house museum at Hillcrest and Legion Avenues in Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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Tea Act
The Tea Act 1773 (13 Geo. 3. c. 44) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
Thomas Fitzsimons
Thomas Fitzsimons (October 1741August 26, 1811) was an Irish-born American Founding Father, merchant, banker, and politician. George Clymer and Thomas Fitzsimons are Continental Congressmen from Pennsylvania, founding Fathers of the United States, members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves, politicians from Philadelphia and Signers of the United States Constitution.
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Thomas Hartley
Thomas Hartley (September 7, 1748December 21, 1800) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician from York, Pennsylvania. George Clymer and Thomas Hartley are members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves.
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Thomas Scott (American politician)
Thomas Scott (c. 1739 – March 2, 1796) was an American lawyer and politician who was born in the Province of Pennsylvania. George Clymer and Thomas Scott (American politician) are members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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United States Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen States of America in both the engrossed version and the original printing, is the founding document of the United States.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.
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University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania, commonly referenced as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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USS George Clymer
USS George Clymer (APA-27) was an that saw service with the US Navy in four wars - World War II, the Chinese Civil War, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
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Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington.
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William Coleman (judge)
William Coleman (1704 – January 11, 1769) was a merchant, lawyer, municipal official, and judge in colonial Philadelphia.
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William Findley
William Findley (c. 1741 – April 4, 1821) was an Irish-born farmer and politician from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. George Clymer and William Findley are members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves.
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See also
Continental Congressmen from Pennsylvania
- Andrew Allen (Pennsylvania politician)
- Arthur St. Clair
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Rush
- Cadwalader Morris
- Charles Humphreys
- Charles Pettit
- Daniel Roberdeau
- David Jackson (Pennsylvania physician)
- Edward Biddle
- Edward Hand
- Frederick Muhlenberg
- George Clymer
- George Ross (American politician)
- George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician)
- Henry Wynkoop
- James McLene
- James Randolph Reid
- James Searle
- James Smith (Pennsylvania politician)
- James Wilson (Founding Father)
- Jared Ingersoll
- John Armstrong Jr.
- John Armstrong Sr.
- John Bayard
- John Dickinson
- John Montgomery (Continental Congress)
- John Morton (American politician)
- Jonathan Bayard Smith
- Joseph Galloway
- Joseph Gardner (physician)
- Joseph Montgomery
- Joseph Reed (politician)
- Richard Peters (Continental Congress)
- Robert Morris (financier)
- Samuel John Atlee
- Samuel Meredith (American politician)
- Samuel Rhoads
- Tench Coxe
- Thomas Fitzsimons
- Thomas Mifflin
- Thomas Smith (Pennsylvania judge)
- Thomas Willing
- Timothy Matlack
- William Bingham
- William Clingan
- William Henry (gunsmith)
- William Irvine (general)
- William Shippen Sr.
Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- George Clymer
- George Shiras III
- Henry Kirke Porter
- Henry Wells Tracy
- Henry Wynkoop
- Israel Jacobs
- Jacob Broom (congressman)
- James Mosgrove
- James W. Brown
- John Hull Campbell
- John V. Creely
- Joshua Evans Jr.
- List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania
- Seth H. Yocum
- Thomas D. Nicholls
- Thomas Scott (American politician)
- United States congressional delegations from Pennsylvania
- William Irvine (general)
- William Montgomery (Pennsylvania soldier)
Signers of the United States Constitution
- Abraham Baldwin
- Alexander Hamilton
- Benjamin Franklin
- Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
- Charles Pinckney (governor)
- Daniel Carroll
- Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
- David Brearley
- George Clymer
- George Read (American politician, born 1733)
- George Washington
- Gouverneur Morris
- Gunning Bedford Jr.
- Hugh Williamson
- Jacob Broom
- James Madison
- James McHenry
- James Wilson (Founding Father)
- Jared Ingersoll
- John Blair Jr.
- John Dickinson
- John Langdon (politician)
- John Rutledge
- Jonathan Dayton
- Nathaniel Gorham
- Nicholas Gilman
- Pierce Butler (American politician)
- Richard Bassett (Delaware politician)
- Richard Dobbs Spaight
- Robert Morris (financier)
- Roger Sherman
- Rufus King
- Thomas Fitzsimons
- Thomas Mifflin
- William Blount
- William Few
- William Jackson (secretary)
- William Livingston
- William Paterson (judge)
- William Samuel Johnson
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clymer
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, Thomas Scott (American politician), Trenton, New Jersey, United States, United States Declaration of Independence, United States House of Representatives, University of Pennsylvania, USS George Clymer, Whiskey Rebellion, William Coleman (judge), William Findley.