Signer #50, Cynthia Fuller: "The Loose Thread"

Signer #50's life intersects with at least three other Declaration signers.

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Signer #35, Phebe King: "Household #1067"

The profile of Signer #35 depends heavily on one key artifact.

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Signer #96, E.W. Capron: "The Wandering Spirit(ualist)"

Signer #96 lead a life of philosophical restlessness and seeking—a life often guided by spirits...

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Signer #47, Betsy Tewksbury: “Studying the Shrapnel”

Some misfortune befell Signer #47, and archival evidence suggests that it tore her family apart.

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Signer #83, Robert Smallbridge: “Patterns Converge”

Signer #83 has some outstanding quality in common with every other signer profiled so far.

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Signer #34, Mary S. Mirror: "The Name that Sounds Fake"

In which the author is reminded of the episode of "The Brady Bunch" entitled “The Not-So-Ugly Duckling.”

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Signer #24, Sophronia/e Taylor: "The Two Sophronia Taylors"

The challenge of Signer #24 involves determining which Sophronia Taylor signed the Declaration...

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Signer #65, Experience Gibbs: "The Puritan Name"

Puritan naming practices have a lot in common with the Johnny Cash song "A Boy Named Sue."

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