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==Early life==

==Early life==

He was born in Philadelphia in 1739. His father removed from Bristol, England, to that city, and died when this son was but seven years of age. George Clymer was then taken under the guardian care of William Coleman, his uncle, who treated him as a son and made him heir of most of his property. Himself a literary man, Mr. Coleman conferred upon his nephew a good education. He possessed a splendid library, and had the gratifying consolation of seeing it often and fully explored by George Clymer, who manifested an early taste for reading, and investigated critically every subject that came before him, never leaving it until he traced it through all its meanderings to its primeval source. This trait in his character rendered him vastly useful in the momentous concerns that occupied his subsequent life. It is of the first importance to dig deep and lay firmly the foundations of an education, that the superstructure may rest upon a substantial basis.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8IhIAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA146 A Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence: And of Washington and Patrick Henry. With an Appendix, Containing the Constitution of the United States and Other Documents]</ref>

He was born in Philadelphia in 1739, and a year later he was orphaned.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8zcjYPZxPV0C&pg=PA54 Shapers of the Great Debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Biographical Dictionary]</ref> George Clymer was then taken under the guardian care of William and Hannah Coleman, his maternal aunt and uncle, who treated him as a son and made him heir of most of their property. Himself a literary man, Mr. Coleman conferred upon his nephew a good education. He possessed a splendid library, and had the gratifying consolation of seeing it often and fully explored by George Clymer, who manifested an early taste for reading, and investigated critically every subject that came before him, never leaving it until he traced it through all its meanderings to its primeval source.

 

This trait in his character rendered him vastly useful in the momentous concerns that occupied his subsequent life. It is of the first importance to dig deep and lay firmly the foundations of an education, that the superstructure may rest upon a substantial basis.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8IhIAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA146 A Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence: And of Washington and Patrick Henry. With an Appendix, Containing the Constitution of the United States and Other Documents]</ref>

==Early career==

==Early career==