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          Joseph Hewes

          American Founding Father and politician (1730–1779)

          For the ships, see USS Joseph Hewes.

          Joseph Hewes (July 9, 1730[1][a]– November 10, 1779[3][4]) was an American Founding Father and a signer of the Continental Association and U.S.

          Declaration of Independence.[5] Hewes was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. His parents were members of the Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers. Early biographies of Hewes falsely claim that his parents came from Connecticut.[6][7] Hewes may have attended the College of New Jersey, known today as Princeton University but there is no record of his attendance.[8] He did, in all probability, attend the grammar school set up by the Stonybrook Quaker Meeting near Princeton.[9]

          Mercantile business

          About 1749 or 1750 he moved to Philadelphia and joined Joseph Ogden's mercantile business at Chestnut and 2nd Stree