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    Hancock’s political career started in 1765 as a Boston Selectman during the dawn of the Stamp Act. He started out…

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    Was John Hancock a smuggler? A common joke of the time was “Sam Adams writes the letters and John Hancock…

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    Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull

    Trumbull’s “Declaration of Independence” painting was commissioned by the Senate in 1817 and purchased in 1819. Today it is exhibited…

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    John Hancock’s speech to the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

    The following is John Hancock’s speech to the Ratification Convention of Massachusetts on February 27, 1788. The Convention was to…

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