This illustration is of John Hancock (1737-1793), who was an American Revolutionary patriot, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He urged resistance to Britain, the country controlling the colonies. He was president of the Continental Congress from 1775-1777. This illustration accompanied the novel "Twice Told Tales" (dating to c. 1895) by the American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864).

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This illustration is of John Hancock (1737-1793), who was an American Revolutionary patriot, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He urged resistance to Britain, the country controlling the colonies. He was president of the Continental Congress from 1775-1777. This illustration accompanied the novel "Twice Told Tales" (dating to c. 1895) by the American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864).

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