[angkor]

Sherman -- You've done a good - or should I say "determined" - job at debunking the article, but not much at all to answer core questions: was any signer targeted; were any imprisoned; did any suffer huge personal or financial losses; etc etc. There are many questions about their fate.

Fortunately the road has been walked before, and perhaps there will be some answers there. Neither you nor Swopes have been very helpful.

Quick and dirty list from Amazon:

The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence (Hardcover) by Dennis Brindell Fradin (Author), Michael McCurdy (Author)

Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence (Paperback) by Benson J. Lossing (Author)

Greatness to Spare: The Heroic Sacrifices of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence (Paperback) by T. R. Fehrenbach (Author) \

Wives of the Signers (Paperback) by Harry Clinton Green (Author), Mary Wolcott Green (Author), David Barton (Author)

That's a 2-minute search on Amazon, I'm sure there are other books that cover the topic.

[Biggirl]

Overall the most important lesson to be learned is that as the founders faced the challenge of starting and keeping a country, so we must carry the torch to keep the dream of a United States going.

[La Enchiladita]

Good response, thank you. I don’t know if I’ll have time to read all these, but appreciate you providing the resources. The original signers of the Declaration of Independence were heroes all!!!