Of the men who met in Philadelphia, PA in 1776 to draft the Declaration of Independence, one refused to sign because he still believed that the Colonies' problems with Britain could be reconciled. What was his name?

McGruff

John Dickinson, a delegate from Pennsylvania (born in Talbot County) who hoped for reconciliation with Britain, did not sign. Nor did Robert Livingston, who served on the Committee of Five formed to draft the Declaration. He was called home to New York before he could sign. http://www.sunspot.net/features/lifestyle/bal-to.declare04jul04,0,2744765.story?coll=bal-artslife-today The portraits of four who were present at its adoption but who did not sign the Declaration, George Clinton, Robert R. Livingston of New York, Thomas Willing of Philadelphia, and John Dickinson of Delaware, are included. Trumbull's reason was that portraits of those who opposed should be given also, "particularly John Dickinson of Delaware, author of the Farmer's Letters, who was the most eloquent and powerful opposer of the measure; not indeed of its principle, but of the fitness of the time, which he considered premature." http://www.americanrevolution.org/decsm.html Jul 14 03, 9:44 AM