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John Hanson

(Hanson, John, 1715-1783)

Portrait of John Hanson, President of the Continental Congress, circa 1770

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John Hanson (April 14 [O.S. April 3] 1721 – November 15, 1783) was an American Founding Father, merchant, and politician from Maryland during the Revolutionary Era. In 1779, Hanson was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress after serving in a variety of roles for the Patriot cause in Maryland. He signed the Articles of Confederation in 1781 after Maryland joined the other states in ratifying them. In November 1781, following ratification of the articles, he was elected President of the Confederation Congress—a mostly ceremonial and clerical position, sometimes styled President of the United States in Congress assembled—by his fellow delegates. (From Wikipedia)

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Filed under: Hanson, John, 1715-1783

John Hanson and the Inseparable Union: An Authentic Biography of a Revolutionary Leader, Patriot and Statesman (Boston: Meador Pub. Co., 1939), by Jacob A. Nelson (page images at HathiTrust)
John Hanson of Mulberry Grove (New York: A. and C. Boni, 1938), by J. Bruce Kremer (page images at HathiTrust)
John Hanson, Our First President (New York: Brewer, Warren and Putnam, 1932), by Seymour Wemyss Smith (page images at HathiTrust)

3 additional books about John Hanson in the extended shelves:

Proceedings in the Senate and House of representatives upon the reception and acceptance from the state of Maryland of the statues of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and of John Hanson, erected in Statuary hall of the Capitol. (Govt. print. off., 1903), by 2d session United States. 57th Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
Proceedings in the Senate and House of representatives upon the reception and acceptance from the state of Maryland of the statues of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and of John Hanson, erected in Statuary hall of the Capitol : January 31, 1903. (Gov't printing off., 1903), by United States Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
Proceedings in the Senate and House of representatives upon the reception and acceptance from the state of Maryland of the statues of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and of John Hanson, erected in Statuary hall of the Capitol. (Gov't print. off., 1903), by 2d session United States. 57th Congress and United States Congress (page images at HathiTrust)

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