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Signers of the Declaration and the July 4 Debate
The article details the signers by profession and age, notes the average age over 62, and follows the fate of the Declaration’s custody. It explains the Lee resolution as the real act of independence on July 2 1776 and chronicles Jefferson's draft edits and the July 4 adoption. It also covers the signing dates, the sealing of the original copy, and Georgia’s delayed signers Zubly and Houston amid treachery and evacuation threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael
Heaven
Thomas, Lynch, Jr
Congress
Department of Foreign Affairs
Continental Congress
Department of State
Patent Office
Interior Department
War and Navy
Hay
Mr. Michael
Button
Gwinnett
John Hart
Thomas Lynch
Trumbull
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Great Britain
Thomas Jefferson
William H. Michael
Hag
United States
Richard Henry Lee
Lee
Jefferson
Dickinson
Hancock
Thomson
John Hancock
Charles Thorson
Philadelphia
Hyman Gratz
Seventh and Market Streets
Penn National Bank
John Adams
Georgia
South Carolina
Independence Hall
Charles Thomson
John
Dunlay
George
Washington
Fathers of the Republic
George Wythe
Virginia
Elbridge Gerry
Massachusetts
Oliver Walcott
Connecticut
Matthew Thornton
New Hampshire
Thomas McKean
Delaware
Benjamin Rush
James Wilson
George Ross
George Clymer
George Taylor
John Joachim Zubly
Savannah
James Wright
Zubly
Samuel Chase
Maryland
John Houston
Houston
Wis
Joachim
Gablyz Vatrestes