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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Button_GwinnettButton Gwinnett - Wikipedia

    Button Gwinnett (March 3, 1735 – May 19, 1777) was a British-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signers (first signature on the left) of the United States Declaration of Independence.

  2. www.georgiaencyclopedia.org › articles › governmentButton Gwinnett - New Georgia Encyclopedia

    Jan 23, 2004 · Button Gwinnett was one of the three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence and a leader of the colonial militia. He served in the Second Continental Congress and as president of Georgia's Revolutionary Council of Safety. He died in a duel with Lachlan McIntosh in 1777. Learn more about his life, political career, and legacy from this article by Georgia Historical Society.

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  4. www.britannica.com › biography › Button-GwinnettButton Gwinnett | Signer, Revolutionary, Georgia | Britannica

    Button Gwinnett was an American merchant, patriot, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, known chiefly because his autographs are of extreme rarity and collectors have forced their value to a high figure.

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  5. american-revolution-experience.battlefields.orgButton Gwinnett | The American Revolution Experience

    Button Gwinnett left his home in Staffordshire, England to begin a new life with his family in the North American colonies. Twenty years later, he risked his life by signing his name to the Declaration of Independence.

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  7. www.ushistory.org › declaration › signersSigners of the Declaration of Independence: Button Gwinnett

    Button Gwinnett. Mercantile. Commander of Georgia's Continental Battalion, Elected to Continental Congress, 1776; President of the Georgia Council of Safety, 1777. Button Gwinnett was born in England around 1735. He came to America, residing briefly in Charleston, and in 1765 acquired a large tract of land in Georgia.

  8. www.revolutionary-war.net › button-gwinnettButton Gwinnett | Facts, Early Years, Life, Death & Politics

    Feb 18, 2020 · Button Gwinnett was a Georgia delegate to the Continental Congress and the second man to sign the Declaration of Independence. Click for more.

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