Politician (19-Apr-1721 — 23-Jul-1793)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

Lewis Henry Boutell. The Life of Roger Sherman. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co.. 1896.

Christopher Collier. Roger Sherman's Connecticut: Yankee Politics and the American Revolution. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press. 1971.

John G. Rommel. Connecticut's Yankee Patriot: Roger Sheman. Hartford, CT: American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut. 1980.

AUTHORITIES

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1. NNDB [link]

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online [link]

3. Wikipedia [link]

4. Congressional Biography [link]

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th Edition

6. Encyclopedia of American Biography (p.1016)

7. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 5th Edition (p.1342)

8. Webster's American Biographies (p.943)

9. Concise Dictionary of American Biography (p.950)

10. The World Almanac Biographical Dictionary (p.184)

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