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  2. Nov 3, 2023 · Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Print This Page. Download this Information in PDF Format. Name. State Rep. Date of Birth. Birthplace. Age in 1776. Occupation.

  3. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that it was signed by Congress on the day when it was adopted on July 4, 1776. [1] . That assertion is seemingly confirmed by the signed copy of the Declaration, which is dated July 4.

  4. Oct 27, 2009 · The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence—written largely by Jefferson—in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence.

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  5. Short biographies on each of the 56 Declaration signers. Delaware: George Read | Caesar Rodney | Thomas McKean |. Pennsylvania: George Clymer | Benjamin Franklin | Robert Morris | John Morton | Benjamin Rush | George Ross | James Smith | James Wilson | George Taylor |. Massachusetts:

  6. Learn who signed the Declaration of Independence and when they voted for independence. See the alphabetical list of 56 delegates to the Continental Congress who put their names to the document.

  7. The 56 delegates who signed the Declaration of Independence came to be known as the nation's Founding Fathers, and the Declaration has become one of the most circulated, reprinted, and influential documents in world history.

  8. Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? On August 2, 1776, roughly a month after the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, anengrossed” version was signed at the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall ) in Philadelphia by most of the congressional delegates (engrossing is rendering an official ...

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