TY - BOOK AU - Hall,Mark David TI - Roger Sherman and the creation of the American republic SN - 019992984X : HRD AV - E302.6.S5 H35 2013 U1 - 973.3092 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Sherman, Roger, KW - United States KW - Declaration of Independence KW - Signers KW - Biography KW - Continental Congress KW - Statesmen KW - Connecticut KW - History KW - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 KW - Revolution, 1775-1783 KW - Politics and government KW - 1775-1783 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The old Puritan and a new nation -- Reformed political theory in the American founding -- Connecticut politics and American independence -- Achieving independence -- "An eel by the tail" -- Roger Sherman and the new national government -- "Philosophy maymislead you: ask experience" ER -