Hancock’s political career started in 1765 as a Boston Selectman during the dawn of the…
Month: December 2012
The following is the Boston Massacre Oration delivered by John Hancock on the 4th anniversary…
The Stamp Act John Hancock’s political career started in 1765 when he was elected as…
Boston Massacre Protests against the Townshend acts and intimidation tactics against tax collectors, government officials…
The life of John Hancock John Hancock was born on January 23, 1737 in Braintree,…
The following is John Hancock’s speech to the Ratification Convention of Massachusetts on February 27,…
Hancock’s signature in the Declaration of Independence John Hancock’s historic autograph on the Declaration of…
Trumbull’s “Declaration of Independence” painting was commissioned by the Senate in 1817 and purchased in…
John Hancock held the following public offices: 1765: Boston Town counsel selectman. 1765: Massachusetts representative…
Was John Hancock a smuggler? A common joke of the time was “Sam Adams writes…