Friends & Fellow Citizens

#119: Richard Stockton (NJ) - A Prisoner of War Who Resisted Loyalist Rumors

April 10, 2023 Sherman Tylawsky
Friends & Fellow Citizens
#119: Richard Stockton (NJ) - A Prisoner of War Who Resisted Loyalist Rumors
Show Notes

Richard Stockton was one of the most prominent jurists and politicians before the American Revolution. But the growing conflict would not only take away his beloved estate, but also his health. Learn how Stockton's treatment as a prisoner of war and false rumors by Loyalists shaped the rough times many Signers faced soon after the Declaration of Independence was signed.

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