Joseph Hewes
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 245 years ago |
Date of birth | January 23,1730 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Princeton |
New Jersey | |
United States | |
Date of died | November 10,1779 |
Died | Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Previous office | Delegate to the Continental Congress (1774–1774) |
Place of burial | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Nationality | American |
Job | Official |
Politician | |
Merchant | |
Rest place | Christ Church Burial Ground |
Philadelphia | |
Pennsylvania | |
Education | Princeton University |
Previous position | Delegate to the Continental Congress (1774–1774) |
Known for | United States Declaration of Independence |
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ID | 642673 |
Joseph Hewes Life story
Joseph Hewes was an American Founding Father and a signer of the Continental Association and U.S. Declaration of Independence. Hewes was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. His parents were members of the Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers.