A Brief History of the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence. The speaker discusses, in some detail, the creating of 1820 the wet ink transfer of the Declaration of Independence which rendered the one and only original signed manuscript virtually illegible.
President
John Hancock - www.JohnHancock.org
Secretary
Charles Thomson - www.CharlesThomson.com
New Hampshire - Signers
Josiah Bartlett - www.JosiahBartlett.com
Matthew Thornton - www.MatthewThornton.net
William Whipple - www.WilliamWhipple.com
Massachusetts - Signers
John Adams - www.John-Adams.org
Samuel Adams - www.SamuelAdams.net
Elbridge Gerry - www.ElbridgeGerry.com
John Hancock.org - www.JohnHancock.org
Robert Treat Paine -www.RobertTreatPaine.com
Connecticut - Signers
Samuel Huntington - www.SamuelHuntington.org
Roger Sherman - www.RogerSherman.net
William Williams - www.WilliamWilliams.com
Oliver Wolcott - www.OliverWolcott.com
Rhode Island - Signers
William Ellery - www.WilliamEllery.com
Stephen Hopkins.com - www.StephenHopkins.com
New York - Signers
William Floyd - www.WilliamFloyd.net
Francis Lewis - www.FrancisLewis.com
Philip Livingston - www.PhilipLivingston.com
Lewis Morris - www.LewisMorris.com
New Jersey - Signers
Abraham Clark - www.AbrahamClark.com
John Hart -- www.JohnHart.net
Francis Hopkinson -- www.FrancisHopkinson.com
Richard Stockton - www.RichardStockton.net
John Witherspoon - www.JohnWitherspoon.com
Pennsylvania - Signers
GeorgeClymer - www.GeorgeClymer.com
Benjamin Franklin -- www.BenjaminFranklin.org
Robert Morris - www.Robert-Morris.com
John Morton -- www.JohnMorton.net
George Ross -- www.GeorgeRoss.net
Benjamin Rush -- www.BenjaminRush.com
James Smith - www.James-Smith.net
GeorgeTaylor -- www.GeorgeTaylor.net
James Wilson -- www.JamesWilson.org
Delaware - Signers
Thomas McKean -- www.ThomasMcKean.com
George Read -- www.GeorgeRead.org
Caesar Rodney -- www.CaesarRodney.net
Maryland- Signers
Charles Carroll of Carrollton -- www.CharlesCarrollofCarrollton.com
Samuel Chase -- www.SamuelChase.com
William Paca -- www.WilliamPaca.com
Thomas Stone -- www.ThomasStone.com
Virginia - Signers
Carter Braxton -- www.CarterBraxton.net
Benjamin Harrison -- www.BenjaminHarrison.com
Thomas Jefferson -- www.Thomas-Jefferson.net
Francis Lightfoot Lee -- www.FrancisLightfootLee.com
Richard Henry Lee -- www.RichardHenryLee.com
Thomas Nelson Jr -- www.ThomasNelsonJr.com
George Wythe -- www.GeorgeWythe.net
North Carolina - Signers
Joseph Hewes -- www.JosephHewes.com
William Hooper -- www.WilliamHooper.com
John Penn -- www.JohnPenn.com
South Carolina - Signers
Thomas Heyward Jr -- www.ThomasHeywardJr.com
Thomas Lynch Jr -- www.ThomasLynchJr.com
Arthur Middleton -- www.ArthurMiddleton.org
Edward Rutledge -- www.EdwardRutledge.com
Georgia - Signers
Button Gwinnett -- www.ButtonGwinnett.com
Lyman Hall -- www.Lyman-Hall.com
GeorgeWalton -- George Walton.com
Continental Army Commander in Chief
George Washington - www.George-Washington.org
Declaration Printed - July 4, 1776
JohnDunlap -- www.JohnDunlap. net
Declaration Printed - January 1777
Mary Katherine Goddard -- www.MaryKatherineGoddard.com
Engrossed Declaration - Signed Aug. 2, 1776
Timothy Matlack - www.TimothyMatlack.com
Wet Ink Transfer Declaration -1823
William J Stone - www.WilliamJStone.com
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