Traces the life of John Hancock, including his childhood, election as the first governor of Massachusettes, and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
There simply was no doubt about it: John Hancock was the least likely man in Boston to start a rebellion. How, then, did this Tory patrician become one of the staunchest supporters of the American Revolution?
John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, 23 January 1737, the son of John Hancock and Mary Hawkes....
He was a rich, powerful aristocrat, a merchant king who loved English culture and fashion, and, above all, he was a loyal British subject with ambitions of a lordship and...
John Hancock First Signer of the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock: The Picturesque Patriot
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