Did you know that the Declaration of Independence was signed August 2, 1776 (it took time to get copies made back then and distributed); it was signed by 56 delegates. However, when it came to signing it, the delegates signed in geographic order of their colonies from north to south. There were some delegates that were not present at the time and had to sign later.
Some others who were new delegates were allowed to sign later and three original delegates never signed (one because he had left before it was ready, one was opposed, and one was too ill).
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