Saturday, November 11, 2006

Unfair Question

I realize this question is totally unfair, but who is this man?

10 comments:

DeanTheBean said...

And to make it more unfair, there's no link on the title!

DeanTheBean said...

John Adams?

northberger said...

Not John Adams.

Hint #1: He was born in 1724.

grandmajean said...

Is he a friend of yours? I wouldn't know because I'm not that old!

northberger said...

No, I never met the man. Keep the questions coming...

ms said...

adam smith 1723- you had his birthdate wrong. Checked it out on wikpedia.

northberger said...

No, not Adam Smith. Keep asking...

northberger said...

Hint #2: He was a justice of the peace, a sheriff, and a judge.

Dancelot said...

John Morton. His signature is on the Declaration of Independence but, more importantly, he was Swedish.

northberger said...

Good job, Dan. I gave a little too much information with the last clue and made it a little too easy to google the answer.

The legend is that he showed up late and broke a tie in the vote for independence.

The thing that I find really cool - and just fully realized this weekend - is that Faith's mother's family came from the same Morton in Sweden that John Morton came from.

I've created a link to the Wikipedea article in the title.