Declaration of Independence Part 10

— John Hancock

New Hampshire:
Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton

Massachusetts:
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

Connecticut:
Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

New York:
William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris

New Jersey:
Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania:
Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

Delaware:
Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean

Maryland:
Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia:
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton

North Carolina:
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

South Carolina:
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton

Georgia:
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

1. Damn John Hancock.  “I’m going to sign my name HUUUUUUGGGEEE!!”

   Posted by Brandon on July 06, 2008 at 1555 hrs




2. Brave man, John Hancock. As were all the signers of the Declaration of Independence. In that last line, they weren’t just engaging in empty political rhetoric when they said, “we pledge to each other our lives,” they were literally pledging their lives, for if any of them had been caught, they would have been hanged for high treason. His gigantic signature was a gigantic “kiss my freedom-loving ass” to George III.

   Thanks, Owen, for including all the signatures. Sometimes we get caught up in the words and forget the flesh and blood men behind those words.

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 06, 2008 at 1635 hrs




3. Franklin still said everything best:

   We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.

   It’s still true.

   hiho
   Mp

   Posted by Mpeterson on July 07, 2008 at 0930 hrs