George Taylor was an American ironmaster and politician who was a Founding Father of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania
George Taylor
A letter signed by Taylor, dated November 1780, refers to business in his trade of ironmongery
Durham Iron Works, as rebuilt in 1874. Illustration from William Watts Hart Davis' History of Bucks County, 1876.
The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence occurred primarily on August 2, 1776, at the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence Hall, in Philadelphia. The 56 delegates t
George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician)
…Ulster, in 1716. He emigrated to the American colonies at age 20, landing in Philadelphia in 1736. According to early 18th century biographies of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, he is believed to have been the son of a Protestant clergyman. To pay for his passage, Taylor was indentured to Samuel Savage Jr., who was ironmaster…
John Trumbull's 1819 painting, Declaration of Independence, depicts the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Second Continental Congress
The 56 signatures on the Declaration of Independence
The Syng inkstand was used during the 1776 signing of the Declaration and the 1787 signing of the U.S. Constitution
The Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence in Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Gardens