John Hancock who had presided longest over the outgoing Second Continental Congress, the brilliant John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin, mentor to them all, to name but a few. Leading up to launching the ...

John Hancock signed his name abnormally large ... Since he was the president of the Second Continental Congress, it made some sense that he would have a more prominent position on the page.

Lastly the Continental Congress issued a petition, the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, to King George, a portion of which was written by John Adams. Something of a precursor to the ...