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John Hancock (January 23, 1737 [O.S. January 12, 1736] – October 8, ... Their daughter Lydia Henchman Hancock was born in 1776 and died ten months later. [141]
Hancock's large, flamboyant signature became iconic, and John Hancock emerged in the United States as an informal synonym for "signature". [20] Future presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were among the signatories. Edward Rutledge (age 26) was the youngest signer and Benjamin Franklin (age 70) the oldest.
June–July 1776: Ratified: July 4, 1776; ... (age 26) was the youngest ... and the term John Hancock emerged in the United States as a metaphor of "signature". ...
And sure enough, there he was in Independence Hall in 1776, signing that Declaration, below and to the left of John Hancock’s now-famous penmanship. And then, in 1777, he was killed in a duel ...
In April 1776, Kent encouraged John Adams to declare American independence. ... [268] [269] The average age of the founders was 43 ... [302] John Hancock, [303 ...
July 4 American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence, in which the United States officially declares independence from the British Empire, is approved by the Continental Congress and signed by its president, John Hancock, together with representatives from Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina ...
1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. ... placed in the mouth of John Hancock, ... In this cynical age, it requires ...
1775–1776: John Lewis Gervais: 1782–1783 Thomas Heyward Jr. 1776–1778: Daniel Huger: 1786–1788 Richard Hutson: 1778–1779: Ralph Izard: 1782–1783 John Kean: 1785–1787 Francis Kinloch: 1780: Henry Laurens: 1777–1780: Thomas Lynch: 1774: 1775–1776: Thomas Lynch Jr. 1775–1776: John Mathews: 1778–1781: 1781 Arthur Middleton ...