Hewes, který do té doby hlasoval proti podpisu, se náhle postavil, zvedl obě ruce k nebi, jako by byl v transu a zvolal: „Je to hotovo a já se tím budu řídit.“
Early biographies of Hewes falsely claim that his parents came from Connecticut. [6 ] [7 ] Hewes may have attended the College of New Jersey, known today as Princeton University but there is no record of his attendance. [8 ] He did, in all…
USS Joseph Hewes (AP-50/APA-22), formerly SS Excalibur, was a troop transport for the United States Navy during World War II commanded by Captain Robert McLanhan Smith Jr. A part of the Center Attack Group of Admiral Hewitt's Western Naval…
SS Joseph Hewes (MC contract 217) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Joseph Hewes, Secretary of the Naval Affairs in the 2nd Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of…
“Joseph Hewes, merchant, colonial leader, delegate to the Continental Congress, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was raised at Mayberry Hill, the family’s 400-acre plantation near Kingston, West Jersey.