Connecticut Signer - Stark, Bruce P.
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This is a biography of William Williams, a merchant, a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. As the son of a minister, Williams studied theology and law at Harvard, and throughout his life religion was a great influence on his political presence. As one phase of the Bicentennial observation, The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut has authorized scholars in a wide range of study to write a series of monographs on the broadly defined Revolutionary Era of 1763 to 1787. These monographs [appeared] yearly…mehr

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This is a biography of William Williams, a merchant, a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. As the son of a minister, Williams studied theology and law at Harvard, and throughout his life religion was a great influence on his political presence. As one phase of the Bicentennial observation, The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut has authorized scholars in a wide range of study to write a series of monographs on the broadly defined Revolutionary Era of 1763 to 1787. These monographs [appeared] yearly beginning in 1973 through 1980. Emphasis is placed upon the birth of the nation, rather than on the winning of independence on the field of battle.
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Bruce P. Stark is a native of Lyme, Connecticut. An Army veteran, he served two yearsin occupied West Berlin in the 78th USASOU. He graduated from Brown University,earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Connecticut, and a library degreefrom Southern Connecticut State University. In a forty-year career as an archivist and historian, he worked at a number of institutions, including SUNY Platts-burgh,Yale University Library, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University ofConnecticut Library, and the Connecticut State Library. He has published extensivelyon Connecticut history and crafted a number of finding aids on judicial, legislative, andmunicipal records while at the State Library, his particular areas of expertise. He devotedspecial attention to materials concerning people of color. He retired in 2009.