Drama History
Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the task of writing a statement announcing the new country's emancipation from British rule.
Directed by
Peter H. Hunt
William Daniels
John Adams
Blythe Danner
Martha Jefferson
John Cullum
Edward Rutledge (SC)
Ken Howard
Thomas Jefferson
Rex Robbins
Roger Sherman (CT)
William Duell
Andrew McNair
Ray Middleton
Col. Thomas McKean (DE)
Howard Caine
Lewis Morris (NY)
Howard Da Silva
Dr. Benjamin Franklin
James Noble
Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)
Peter Forster
Oliver Wolcott (CT)
Roy Poole
Stephen Hopkins (RI)
William Hansen
Caesar Rodney (DE)
John Myhers
Robert Livingston
Virginia Vestoff
Abigail Adams
Donald Madden
John Dickinson (PA)
David Ford
Congressional President John Hancock (MA)
Ron Holgate
Richard Henry Lee (VA)
Emory Bass
James Wilson (PA)
Ralston Hill
Charles Thomson
Daniel Keyes
Dr. Josiah Bartlett (NH)
Leo Leydon
George Read (DE)
Charles Rule
Joseph Hewes (NC)
Patrick Hines
Samuel Chase (MD)

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