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Who signed the Declaration of Independence?

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56 delegates to the Continental Congress signed the engrossed Declaration of Independence. Most of the signers voted in favor of independence on July 2nd. Some delegates who voted for independence did not sign the Declaration, and some signers were not...

Unsullied by Falsehood: No John Trumbull

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In previews last year, the award-winning musical Hamilton included a short song at the top of Act 2 (between Thomas Jefferson's "What'd I Miss?" and "Cabinet Battle #1") that was cut before the musical moved to Broadway. The number was called "No John...

Unsullied by Falsehood: The Signing

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Last month, we debunked John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence. Often assumed to depict the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Trumbull actually chose to immortalize the moment when the Committee of Five presented their draft of the...

Delegate Discussions: Benjamin Rush's Characters

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In February 1790, Dr. Benjamin Rush wrote a letter to John Adams, disparaging the histories of the American Revolution that had been written thus far: "Had I leisure, I would endeavor to rescue those characters from Oblivion, and give them the first place...

The Signers

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Click here for static and printable versions Click here for a printable version! Click here for a printable version! Posts about the signers of the Declaration of Independence in Course of Human Events: Unsullied by Falsehood: No John Trumbull Unsullied...