{"id":771,"date":"2008-01-21T09:45:29","date_gmt":"2008-01-21T09:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/2008\/01\/21\/where-was-thomas-jefferson-whe\/"},"modified":"2014-07-31T07:15:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T11:15:21","slug":"where-was-thomas-jefferson-whe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/where-was-thomas-jefferson-whe\/","title":{"rendered":"Where was Thomas Jefferson when Congress met in York?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/01\/johnadams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/01\/johnadams.jpg\" alt=\"johnadams\" width=\"400\" height=\"637\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/01\/johnadams.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/01\/johnadams-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>John Adams was in York in that crucial winter of 1777-78. But where was Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and George Washington? Background posts: <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2006\/09\/john-adams-changed-mind=about\">John Adams changed mind about York<\/a>, <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2006\/07\/who-were-these-congressional-v\">Who were those congressional visitors to York, anyway?<\/a> and <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2007\/10\/post-139\">Declaration signer&#8217;s marker mounted in obscurity.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/inquirer\/world_us\/20080120_Slow_publication_vexes_scholars_.html\">Philadelphia Inquirer story<\/a> on the fact that only half of Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s 20,000 letters have been published prompted a good question.<br \/>\nA York Daily Record\/Sunday News staff member wondered: Did Thomas Jefferson write any letters from York as part of Continental Congress in the winter of 1777-78?<br \/>\nThe short answer is: Thomas Jefferson wasn&#8217;t one of the 64 members of congress meeting in York from Sept. 30, 1777 to June 27, 1778&#8230; .<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nHe was home in Virginia. He chose to be closer to his family and work on the patriot cause from that vantage point. Simply put, serving in Continental Congress on the edge of the frontier in York County over a long winter was no plum assignment.<br \/>\nAnd Benjamin Franklin wasn&#8217;t here either. He was in Paris, urging the French government to become American allies.<br \/>\nAnd neither was George Washington. He stuck with the Continental Army in Valley Forge.<br \/>\nSo, who was here?<br \/>\nJohn and Samuel Adams, John Hancock and Robert Morris were the top luminaries on the list, though none of the four stayed in York any longer than they needed to. The Adamses and Hancock headed home after it was clear the Articles of Confederation, the most significant accomplishment during Congress&#8217; British-imposed exile from Philadelphia, would be adopted.<br \/>\nFor a full accounting of all 64 delegates serving in York, the following are excerpts from my <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Nine-Months-in-York-Town\/James-McClure\/e\/9780971041608\/?itm=1\">&#8220;Nine Months in York Town&#8221;:<\/a><br \/>\n1. John Adams<br \/>\n1735-1826<br \/>\nLawyer<br \/>\nMassachusetts<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n2. Samuel Adams<br \/>\n1722-1803<br \/>\nMerchant, political leader<br \/>\nMassachusetts<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n3. Thomas Adams<br \/>\n1730-1788<br \/>\nMerchant<br \/>\nVirginia<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n4. John Banister<br \/>\n1734-1788<br \/>\nLawyer, legislator<br \/>\nVirginia<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n5. Josiah Bartlett<br \/>\n1729-1795<br \/>\nPhysician, judge<br \/>\nNew Hampshire<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n6. Nathan Brownson<br \/>\n1742-1796<br \/>\nPhysician<br \/>\nGeorgia<br \/>\n7. Thomas Burke<br \/>\n1747-1783<br \/>\nPhysician, lawyer<br \/>\nNorth Carolina<br \/>\n8. Charles Carroll<br \/>\n1737-1832<br \/>\nLawyer<br \/>\nMaryland<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n9. Samuel Chase<br \/>\n1741-1811<br \/>\nJudge<br \/>\nMaryland<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n10. Abraham Clark<br \/>\n1726-1794<br \/>\nSurveyor, farmer<br \/>\nNew Jersey<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n11. William Clingan<br \/>\n? -1790<br \/>\nJustice of the peace<br \/>\nPennsylvania<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n12. John Collins<br \/>\n1717-1795<br \/>\nLegislator<br \/>\nRhode Island<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n13. Francis Dana<br \/>\n1743-1811<br \/>\nAttorney, diplomat<br \/>\nMassachusetts<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n14. William Henry Drayton<br \/>\n1742-1779<br \/>\nPlanter, judge<br \/>\nSouth Carolina<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n15. James Duane<br \/>\n1733-1797<br \/>\nLawyer<br \/>\nNew York<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n16. William Duer<br \/>\n1747-1799<br \/>\nMerchant, financier<br \/>\nNew York<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n17. Eliphalet Dyer<br \/>\n1721-1807<br \/>\nLawyer, jurist<br \/>\nConnecticut<br \/>\n18. William Ellery<br \/>\n1727-1820<br \/>\nLawyer<br \/>\nRhode Island<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n19. Jonathan Elmer<br \/>\n1745-1817<br \/>\nPhysician, legislator, jurist<br \/>\nNew Jersey<br \/>\n20. Nathaniel Folsom<br \/>\n1726-1790<br \/>\nSoldier, politician<br \/>\nNew Hampshire<br \/>\n21. James Forbes<br \/>\nc. 1731-1780<br \/>\nJustice of the peace<br \/>\nMaryland<br \/>\n22. George Frost<br \/>\n1720-1796<br \/>\nSea captain, judge<br \/>\nNew Hampshire<br \/>\n23. Elbridge Gerry<br \/>\n1744-1814<br \/>\nMerchant<br \/>\nMassachusetts<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n24. John Hancock<br \/>\n1737-1793<br \/>\nMerchant<br \/>\nMassachusetts<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n25. Cornelius Harnett<br \/>\n1723-1781<br \/>\nLegislator<br \/>\nNorth Carolina<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n26. Benjamin Harrison<br \/>\n1726-1791<br \/>\nFarmer<br \/>\nVirginia<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n27. John Harvie<br \/>\n1742-1807<br \/>\nFinancier, lawyer<br \/>\nVirginia<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n28. John Henry Jr.<br \/>\n1750-1798<br \/>\nLawyer<br \/>\nMaryland<br \/>\n29. Thomas Heyward Jr.<br \/>\nc. 1746 -1809<br \/>\nLawyer, farmer<br \/>\nSouth Carolina<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n30. Samuel Holten<br \/>\n1738-1816<br \/>\nPhysician, public official<br \/>\nMassachusetts<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n31. Titus Hosmer<br \/>\n1736-1780<br \/>\nAttorney<br \/>\nConnecticut<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n32. Samuel Huntington<br \/>\n1731-1796<br \/>\nJudge<br \/>\nConnecticut<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n33. Richard Hutson<br \/>\n1748-1795<br \/>\nJudge<br \/>\nSouth Carolina<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n34. Joseph Jones<br \/>\n1727-1805<br \/>\nLawyer, legislator<br \/>\nVirginia<br \/>\n35. Edward Langworthy<br \/>\n1738-1802<br \/>\nSchoolmaster<br \/>\nGeorgia<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n36. Henry Laurens<br \/>\n1724-1792<br \/>\nMerchant, planter<br \/>\nSouth Carolina<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n37. Richard Law<br \/>\n1733-1806<br \/>\nLawyer, judge<br \/>\nConnecticut<br \/>\n38. Francis Lightfoot Lee<br \/>\n1734-1797<br \/>\nFarmer<br \/>\nVirginia<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n39. Richard Henry Lee<br \/>\n1732-1794<br \/>\nFarmer<br \/>\nVirginia<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n40. Francis Lewis<br \/>\n1713-1803<br \/>\nMerchant<br \/>\nNew York<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n41. Philip Livingston<br \/>\n1716-1778<br \/>\nMerchant<br \/>\nNew York<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n42. James Lovell<br \/>\n1737-1814<br \/>\nSchoolmaster<br \/>\nMassachusetts<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n43. Henry Marchant<br \/>\n1741-1796<br \/>\nLawyer, judge<br \/>\nRhode Island<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n44. John Mathews<br \/>\n1734-1801<br \/>\nLawyer<br \/>\nSouth Carolina<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n45. Thomas McKean<br \/>\n1734-1817<br \/>\nLawyer, judge<br \/>\nDelaware<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n46. Arthur Middleton<br \/>\n1742-1787<br \/>\nFarmer<br \/>\nSouth Carolina<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n47. Gouverneur Morris<br \/>\n1752-1816<br \/>\nLawyer, diplomat<br \/>\nNew York<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n48. Robert Morris<br \/>\n1734-1806<br \/>\nMerchant<br \/>\nPennsylvania<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n49. John Penn<br \/>\n1741-1788<br \/>\nLawyer<br \/>\nNorth Carolina<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n50. George Plater<br \/>\n1735-1792<br \/>\nLawyer, judge<br \/>\nMaryland<br \/>\n51. Joseph Reed<br \/>\n1741-1785<br \/>\nLawyer, soldier<br \/>\nPennsylvania<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n52. Daniel Roberdeau<br \/>\n1727-1795<br \/>\nMerchant<br \/>\nPennsylvania<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n53. Benjamin Rumsey<br \/>\n1734-1808<br \/>\nJudge<br \/>\nMaryland<br \/>\n54. Nathaniel Scudder<br \/>\n1733-1781<br \/>\nPhysician<br \/>\nNew Jersey<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n55. Roger Sherman<br \/>\n1721-1793<br \/>\nLawyer<br \/>\nConnecticut<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n56. James Smith<br \/>\nc. 1713\/1719-1806<br \/>\nLawyer<br \/>\nPennsylvania<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n57. Jonathan Bayard Smith<br \/>\n1742-1812<br \/>\nMerchant<br \/>\nPennsylvania<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n58. William Smith<br \/>\n1728-1814<br \/>\nMerchant<br \/>\nMaryland<br \/>\n59. George Walton<br \/>\nc. 1749\/1750-1804<br \/>\nJudge<br \/>\nGeorgia<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n60. John Wentworth Jr.<br \/>\n1745-1787<br \/>\nLawyer<br \/>\nNew Hampshire<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\n61. William Williams<br \/>\n1731-1811<br \/>\nMerchant<br \/>\nConnecticut<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n62. John Witherspoon<br \/>\n1723-1794<br \/>\nClergyman,<br \/>\neducator<br \/>\nNew Jersey<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n63. Oliver Wolcott<br \/>\n1726-1797<br \/>\nJudge<br \/>\nConnecticut<br \/>\nSigner, Articles of Confederation<br \/>\nSigner, Declaration of Independence<br \/>\n64. Joseph Wood<br \/>\n1712-1791<br \/>\nPlanter<br \/>\nGeorgia<br \/>\n<em>(Painting courtesy of York County Heritage Trust. To see a lineup of 15 similar paintings of other patriots, see: <a href=\"http:\/\/yorknewspaper.travidia.com\/SS\/Page.aspx?sstarg=&amp;facing=false&amp;secid=29649&amp;pagenum=35\">20 questions answered about York County and the American Revolution<\/a>.<\/em><br \/>\nFor scores of posts on York County and the Revolutionary War, see this blog&#8217;s <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/category\/american-revolution\/\">American Revolution<\/a>category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Adams was in York in that crucial winter of 1777-78. 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