John Hancock
merchant king and American patriot
United States. Continental Congress
Signers
Statesmen, united states
United states, politics and government, 1775-1783
United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783
Statesmen
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United States
Politics and government
Biography
"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 a grand retirement estate in England. There simply was no doubt about it: John Hancock was the least likely man in Boston to sta…
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