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West Virginia Museum Displays Table Linked to Declaration
The West Virginia History Society at Charleston exhibits the Beckley family table that historic figures used to sign the Declaration of Independence. The piece traces from John Beckley, first clerk of Congress, through Alfred Beckley of Raleigh County, to Mrs. Beckley loaning it for public display with protective terms. The article recounts the table’s journey and the Declaration’s famous text, signed in Philadelphia July 4, 1776, by the signers from multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Hill
Poe
Ene
Gore
West
John B. Hale
West Virginia Historial Society
State Department of Archives and History
Beckley
Raleigh County
John Beckley
United States Congress
Washington
Adam
Jefferson
Georgetown
Lexington
Alfred Beckley
West Virginia
West Point
Florida
Fayette County
Moore
Virginia
Wildwood
Hale
Raleigh
Historical Society
Thomas Jefferson
Mr. Beckley
Congress
Philadelphia
Ple
United States of America
Supreme Judge
United Colonies
Great Britain
Benjamin Harrison
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton
Geo. Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Nelson, Jr
John Adams
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
Robert Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry
Massachusetts
Button Gwinnett
George Walton
Lyman Hall
Orgia
Benjamin Franklin
Robert Morris
George Clymer
John Morton
Benjamin Rush
James Smith
George Rosa