2004-09
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MORTON, John (1724-1777) Signer of the Declaration. Pennsylvania delegate at both the First and Second Continental Congresses, who initially refused to favor independence. In a letter to a friend in England, he wrote: "We are preparing for the worst that can happen, viz., a civil war. I sincerely wish reconciliation; the contest is horrid. Parents against children, and children against parents. The longer the wound is left in the present state the worse it will be to heal at last." When the British would not accept offers at reconciliation by he spring of 1776, Morton supported the vote for independence. He was the first of the signers to pass away. Signature removed from a document “John Morton Sheriff.” VG.
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