John Hancock (January 12, 1737 <small>(O.S.)</small> - October 8, 1793 <small>(N.S.)</small>) was President of the Second Continental Congress and of the Congress of the Confederation; first Governor of Massachusetts; and the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence. Wikipedia
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Bibliography Unger, Harlow G. John Hancock: Merchant King and American Patriot . New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000. bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000149/
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