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About the Declaration: an evolution in printed copies
The Declaration of Independence was approved by Congress on July 4, 1776. The approved wording was then turned over to the printer John Dunlap to compose and print copies. On July 5, about 200 copies of the first printing of … Continue reading
DSDI July meeting will be virtual gathering because of COVID-19
As we protect ourselves and others, DSDI has decided to cancel this year’s Annual Congress in Philadelphia. Although we were scheduled to convene July 3-4, as we do every year, the City of Philadelphia has declared that all July 4celebrations … Continue reading
Wives of the Signers: Lucy Grymes Nelson
Lucy Grymes was most likely born in Williamsburg on September 4, 1743.[1] According to her daughter, Susanna, Lucy was a premature baby so small she “might have been put in a quart Pot”.[2] Her father, Philip Ludwell Grymes (1721-1762) of Brandon … Continue reading
Posted in Signers by state, Virginia
Tagged Declaration of Independence, Signer, Thomas Nelson
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Wives of the Signers: Sarah Hatfield Clark
The ideals of representative government flowed through the veins of Sarah Hatfield from the time of her birth in Elizabethtown, New Jersey in 1728. Hatfield, sometimes spelled Heathfield or Hetfield was the eldest daughter of Isaac Hatfield and Sarah Price. … Continue reading
Posted in New Jersey, Signers by state
Tagged Abraham Clark, Declaration of Independence, Signer
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Family visits gravesites of all 56 Signers
The seeds of our journey were planted while on vacation in the oddest of places for such a quest – Hawaii. As we walked to the Kailua-Kona 4th of July parade my oldest daughter, then 7 years old, asked … Continue reading
