Roger Sherman — American Politician born on April 30, 1721, died on July 23, 1793

Roger Sherman was an early American lawyer and statesman, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic. He was the only person to sign all four great state papers of the U.S.: the Continental Association; the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation, and; the Constitution... (wikipedia)

We were driven off like rats in five minutes.
Let us live no more to ourselves, but to Him who loved us, and gave Himself to die for us.
All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination.