What happened to the following signers of the declaration of independence..?

Question

What happened to the following signers DURING the revolutionary war?
John Witherspoon
Lewis Morris
Edward Rutledge
Thomas Nelson
Francis Lewis?

If you cant tell me all, tell me what you can.
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Answer 1

John Witherspoon served in Congress from June 1776 until November 1782 and became one of its most influential members and a workhorse of prodigious energy.
He served on over 100 committees.

Lewis Morris returned to New York in 1777, serving the new state government in its Senate from 1778 to 1781 and again from 1783 to 1790. His younger half-brother Gouverneur Morris was named to his seat in the Congress. When the New York convention met to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1788 he was one of the delegates.

Edward Rutledge returned home in November of 1776 to enlist in the army, where he became a captain of artillery and participated in several battles. He was sent back to Congress in 1779 to fill a vacancy, returning again in the following year to help defend against the British invasion.
He was captured in the fall of Charleston and held prisoner until July 1781.

Thomas Nelson was the commanding general of the Lower Virginia Militia and succeeded Thomas Jefferson as governor of Virginia. Nelson himself was engaged in the final siege of Yorktown. According to legend, he urged General Washington to fire on his own house where Cornwallis had his headquarters - offering five guineas to the first man to hit the house with cannon shot.

Francis Lewis lost all of his property on Long Island, New York, to the destruction of the Revolutionary war. He died on the thirty first of December, 1802.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Hi AshleyT

correspondence or foreign affairs.

>Lewis Morris: When warned by his brother of the consequences that would follow his signing of the rebellious document, Morris stated, "Damn the consequences. Give me the pen." Lewis returned to New York in 1777, serving the new state government in its Senate from 1778 to 1781 and again from 1783 to 1790. His younger half-brother Gouverneur Morris was named to his seat in the Congress. When the New York convention met to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1788 he was one of the delegates.

>Edward Rutledge: Mr. Rutledge was again appointed to congress, in the year 1779; but in consequence of ill health he was unable to reach the seat of government, and returned home. In 1780, during the investment of Charleston by the British, Mr. Rutledge was taken prisoner by the enemy, and sent to St. Augustine as a prisoner, where be was detained nearly a year before he was exchanged. Soon after his exchange was effected, he landed at Philadelphia, near which he resided, until a short time before the city of Charleston was evacuated by the British, when he returned to the place of his nativity, and to the enjoyment of the society of his friends and relations.

>Thomas Nelson: Until May, 1777, Mr. Nelson continued to represent the colony of Virginia in the national council, where he was frequently appointed on important committees, and was highly distinguished for his sound judgment and liberal sentiments. In the month of May, of the year mentioned above, while attending in his place in congress, he was suddenly attacked with a disease of the head, probably of a paralytic nature, which, for a time, greatly impaired his mental faculties, particularly his memory. In 1779 his health was again restored, and he entered with great animation into several military expeditions against the British.

>Francis Lewis: Active in politics, he was elected to the Continental Congress in 1775. His property on Long Island, New York was destroyed in the Revolutionary War. During his congressional career, Mr. Lewis was distinguished for zeal in the cause of liberty, tempered by the influence of a correct judgment and a cautious prudence. He was employed in several secret services in the purchase of provisions and clothing for the army and in the importation of military stores, particularly arms and ammunition. In transactions of this kind, his commercial experience gave him great facilities. He was also employed on various committees, in which capacity, he rendered many valuable services to his country.

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