<Tr> <Th> Signature </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Charles Carroll (September 19, 1737--November 14, 1832), known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or Charles Carroll III to distinguish him from his similarly named relatives, was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America . He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and Confederation Congress and later as first United States Senator for Maryland . He was the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence and the only Catholic Founding Father . </P> <P> Carroll was known contemporaneously as the "First Citizen" of the American Colonies, a consequence of his editorials in the Maryland Gazette . Carroll was the wealthiest, the longest - lived survivor, and possessed the highest formal education of all of the signers of the Declaration of Independence . A product of his 17 - year Jesuit education in France, Carroll spoke five languages fluently . </P> <P> Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Carroll inherited vast agricultural estates and was regarded as the wealthiest man in the American colonies when the American Revolution commenced in 1775 . His personal fortune at this time was reputed to be 2,100,000 pounds of sterling silver; the equivalent of $465,000,000 in USD in 2018 . In addition, Carroll presided over his manor in Maryland; a 10,000 acre estate that included approximately 1,000 African slaves whom he later freed . Though barred from holding office in Maryland due to his religion, Carroll emerged as a leader of the state's movement for independence . He was a delegate to the Annapolis Convention and was selected as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1776 . He was part of an unsuccessful diplomatic mission that Congress sent to Canada in hopes of winning the support of French Canadians . </P>

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