Sons of Liberty - Notable Members

Notable Members

  • Samuel Adams - political writer, tax collector/fire warden, Boston
  • Benedict Arnold - businessman,(general in the continental army later on) Norwich
  • Benjamin Edes - journalist/publisher Boston Gazette, Boston
  • John Hancock - merchant/smuggler/fire warden, Boston
  • Patrick Henry - lawyer/fire warden Virginia
  • John Lamb - trader, New York City
  • William Mackay - merchant, Boston
  • Alexander McDougall - captain of privateers, New York City
  • James Otis - lawyer, Massachusetts
  • Paul Revere - silversmith/fire warden, Boston
  • Benjamin Rush - physician, Philadelphia
  • Isaac Sears - captain of privateers, New York City
  • Haym Solomon - financial broker, New York and Philadelphia
  • James Swan - American patriot and financier, Boston,
  • Charles Thomson - tutor/secretary, Kentucky
  • Joseph Warren - doctor/soldier, Boston
  • Thomas Young - doctor, Boston
  • Marinus Willett - cabinetmaker/soldier, New York
  • Oliver Wolcott - lawyer, Connecticut

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