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Website
US National Archives

Nara: Founding Fathers: Delegates to the Constitutional Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provides biographies of all 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
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Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: Thomas Fitzsimons 1741 1811

For Students 9th - 10th
Fitzsimons (FitzSimons; Fitzsimmons) was born in Ireland in 1741. Coming to America about 1760, he pursued a mercantile career in Philadelphia. The next year, he married Catherine Meade, the daughter of a prominent local merchant, Robert...
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Handout
University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania Archives & Records: Thomas Fitzsimons

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of this signer of the Constitution. He later served as a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania.
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eBook
US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Thomas Fitzsimons

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice biography of this delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Pennsylvania. He served in the Revolutionary Army and later was a Congressman.
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Handout
US National Archives

Nara: Founding Fathers: Pennsylvania

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives biographical details on the eight delegates from Pennsylvania to the Constitutional Convention: George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimons, Benjamin Franklin, Jared Ingersoll, Thomas Mifflin, Gouverneur Morris, Robert Morris, and James Wilson.