Signing of the Declaration of Independence

A chronology of the drafting, adoption, and initial publication of the nation’s founding document.

Daughters of the American Revolution National Headquarters - As President of the Second Continental Congress, John Hancock was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. This statesman from Massachusetts famously signed

The Declaration of Independence: Did John Hancock Really Say That about his Signature?—and Other Signing Stories - Journal of the American Revolution

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Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence: More Radical Than the Men Who Signed It

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Declaration of Independence signed on July 4, 1776

Mary Katharine Goddard, the Woman who Signed the Declaration of Independence, History

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Suicide Pact: Signing the Declaration of Independence

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