Adam Hubley  was a Lieutenant Colonel  in the  Continental Army During the War of the Revolution1779 June 21 he was a soldier, state senator, author,  born Jan. 9, 1740, in Lancaster county, Pa. He was commissioned as major of the tenth Pennsylvania regiment in 1776; commanded the eleventh regiment, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel from 1779, and retired in 1781. From 1783 till 1789 he was a member of the assembly, and in 1790 a state senator. His Journal of Events in 1779 was published in the Pennsylvania Archives. He died in May, 1798, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was also instrumental in the declaration of independence. You can find more information at the library of congress where many letters have been archived in the George Washington collection. Adam Hubley and George Washington wrote many letters to one another. Adam Hubley was also one of the first people to sign the early versions of money during the war of the revolution. You can view letters written by Adam Hubley to George Washinton and letters to him from George Washington at the library of congress online site. Here are a few websites.  Adam Hubley Website 1

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Lew Williams was an author in Toledo Ohio who wrote books of verse to benefit the poor children in the community. In addition to this he wrote for many local newspapers was the Director of the Old Newsboy association which benefited underprivileged children. During one engagement in Washington D.C., he and Mrs. Williams were guests of President Harding in the Whitehouse.

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone was a famous pioneer, known for cutting out the route through the Cumberland Gap that opened up what became the state of Kentucky. Although he had little formal schooling, Daniel did learn to read and write and would publish a narrative called "The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone" in 1784. Daniel Boone

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Fought with distinction under General Anthony Wayne in the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution. After the war General Mifflin appointed him General of Militia. He later went in to the lumber buisness and then politics and served in Congress as the representative for Lancaster County PA. A play called RIGHTS CROSSING was written for Columbia, Pennsylvania, where it was performed December 1-4, 1976, as part of that town's bicentennial celebration. The events of the play take place in December 1777 and center around the Conway conspiracy.

  John Stow

Who cast the Liberty Bell?As the population of the colony of Pennsylvania grew, so did the need for an official building to house the colony's government body, the Pennsylvania Assembly.  Construction of the State House (now known as Independence Hall) began in 1732.  Part of the construction order included the making of a bell tower on the building's south side.  When the steeple work was completed in early 1751, a bell was hung in the new tower.  Unfortunately, this bell could not be heard throughout all parts of Philadelphia and it was decided that a new bell was needed.The Pennsylvania Assembly Speaker and Chairman of the State House Superintendents, Isaac Norris, contacted the Assembly's London agent, Robert Charles, by letter asking him to purchase a "good Bell of about two thousand pounds weight" and included instructions for the inscription on the Bell.   Charles commissioned the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in England under the direction of master founder, Thomas Lester, on November 1, 1751.  The bell arrived in America in late August 1752, nearly one year later.The new bell was set up in Independence Square to be tested prior to being hung in the new tower.  The bell cracked on its very first test!  Isaac Norris is quoted, "I had the mortification to hear that it was cracked by a stroke of the clapper without any further violence as it was hung up to try the sound."  The bell's metal was too brittle to sustain even one stroke of the clapper.Local Philadelphia founders, John Pass and John Stow, were commissioned to recast the Whitechapel bell and strengthen its composition.  The original bell was broken down and recast with additional metals added to it.  In March of 1753, the newly recast bell was tested and hung in the tower of the State House.  While this new bell was stronger, Philadelphians did not like the sound of the new bell.  Pass and Stow were asked to recast the bell again.Pass and Stow completed the second recasting in June 1753 and the Bell was again hung in the tower.  The new Bell was still of questionable sound in some minds; however, it was deemed acceptable and it is this Bell that eventually became known as the Liberty Bell.



Who are Pass and Stow?

Very little is known about the Philadelphia founders, John Pass and John Stow.  When the bell cracked on its first ringing, Pass and Stow offered to recast the bell.  According to the State House Superintendent, the men were judged as "ingenious workmen" capable of the task.

John Stow advertised himself as a brass founder offering items for sale ranging from bell-metal skillets to various brass works.   He was born in Philadelphia on February 2, 1727, the second son of Charles and Rebecca Stow. Little is known of his personal life except that was a charter member of the Union Library Company.  He died in March, 1754, the year following the final casting of the Liberty Bell.

John Pass was a native of the British possession of Malta and may have served as an apprentice bell founder there.  Pass later owned Mt. Holly Iron Furnace before arriving in Philadelphia.