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    John Hancock

    Representing Massachusetts at the Continental Congress

    by Ole Erekson, Engraver, c, Library of Congress

    Born:January 12,
    Birthplace:Braintree (Quincy), Mass.
    Education:Graduated Harvard College (Merchant.)
    Work:Elected to the Boston Assembly, ; Delegate to, and President of, the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, circa ; Elected to Continental Congress, ; Elected President of the Continental Congress, ; Member of Massachusetts state Constitutional Convention, elected Governor of Massachusetts, through
    Died:October 8,

    The signature of John Hancock on the Declaration of Independence is the most flamboyant and easily recognizable of all.

    It is perhaps no surprise that the story of his part in the revolution is equally engaging. Few figures were more well known or more popular than John Hancock.

    He played an instrumental role, sometimes by accident, and other times by design, in coaxing the American Revolution into being.

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