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Embarrassingly Rich Hancock a Revolutionary Leader
John Hancock, a wealthy Boston merchant, emerges as an unlikely leader of the American push toward independence. The piece traces his slow shift from Tory to Whig, his famed signature on the Declaration, and the tensions with Britain that framed his career and the growing patriot movement.
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Don McLeod
Associated Press
United States of America
John Hancock
Boston
Hancock
Conservat
Continental Congress
America
Merchant Prince
Lexington Green
Massachusetts
Boston Harbor
Sam Adams
Townshend
London
Treasury
Liberty
Madeira