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This Rare Printing of the Declaration of Independence Could Sell for $4 Million
“This rare printing of the Declaration of Independence is a cornerstone ... He also misspelled the names of John Hancock and ...
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The Declaration of Independence is Relevant Today, but for Very Different Reasons
and John Hancock. Although the American Revolutionary War officially ended in 1781, the fighting would continue until 1783.
America’s first frenemies
In the pantheon of New England-born patriots, no two men stood higher than Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. And in the New ...
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The Declaration of Independence
On July 4, only John Hancock, the president of the Continental Congress, and Charles Thomson, the secretary, signed the Declaration. Then it went to the printer. The other delegates would sign on ...
Editorial: Founding principles in focus as America’s 250th birthday celebrations begin
There may be no better time for Americans to remember the principles on which these United States were founded.
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John Hancock.
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The Declaration of Independence
On July 4, only John Hancock, the president of the Continental Congress, and Charles Thomson, the secretary, signed the Declaration. Then it went to the printer. The other delegates would sign on ...