| | To carry through on this, a group of drafters was assembled. The drafting committee of the ''Articles'' included [[Josiah Bartlett]], [[Samuel Adams]], [[Stephen Hopkins]], [[Robert Livingston]], [[John Dickinson]], [[Thomas McKean]], [[Thomas Stone]], [[Thomas Nelson, Jr.]], [[Joseph Hewes]], [[Edward Rutledge]], and [[Button Gwinnett]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dISJoojLszUC&pg=PA71 Roger Sherman and the Creation of the American Republic]</ref> | | To carry through on this, a group of drafters was assembled. The drafting committee of the ''Articles'' included [[Josiah Bartlett]], [[Samuel Adams]], [[Stephen Hopkins]], [[Robert Livingston]], [[John Dickinson]], [[Thomas McKean]], [[Thomas Stone]], [[Thomas Nelson, Jr.]], [[Joseph Hewes]], [[Edward Rutledge]], and [[Button Gwinnett]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dISJoojLszUC&pg=PA71 Roger Sherman and the Creation of the American Republic]</ref> |