'''Daniel Carroll''' (1730-1796) was a Founder of the [[United States]] who signed the [[Articles of Confederation]] and later signed the [[U.S. Constitution]] at the [[Constitutional Convention]]. He was a member of a prominent [[Irish Catholic]] family from [[Maryland]]. As a [[congressman]] he voted for locating the Nation's Capital on the Potomac, and his family donated most of the land. He also voted for [[Hamilton]]'s program for the federal government to assume the state obligations arising from the [[American Revolution]]. | '''Daniel Carroll''' (1730-1796) was a Founder of the [[United States]] who signed the [[Articles of Confederation]] and later signed the [[U.S. Constitution]] at the [[Constitutional Convention]]. He was a member of a prominent [[Irish Catholic]] family from [[Maryland]]. As a [[congressman]] he voted for locating the Nation's Capital on the Potomac, and his family donated most of the land. He also voted for [[Hamilton]]'s program for the federal government to assume the state obligations arising from the [[American Revolution]]. |