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Signatures of the founding fathers
The men who signed the founding documents of the United States, and the signatures that became part of them.
6 signatures
- 1706–1790 · FoundersBenjamin Franklin“B. Franklin” and a looping paraph, on four founding documents
- 1732–1799 · PresidentsGeorge WashingtonThe “Go:” contraction and the first name on the Constitution
- 1735–1826 · PresidentsJohn AdamsA plain full-name signature on the Declaration and the Treaty of Paris
- 1737–1793 · FoundersJohn HancockThe largest name on the Declaration, and a word for any signature
- 1743–1826 · PresidentsThomas Jefferson“Th: Jefferson”, a compact signature from the Declaration’s author
- 1755–1804 · FoundersAlexander Hamilton“A Hamilton”, and New York’s only signature on the Constitution