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Traitor Tuesday ~ Celebrating 250 Years of the United States as a Separate Nation: Joseph Hewes, the Bachelor Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Joseph Hewes was born in Princeton, New Jersey, but he amassed his fortune in a shipping business located in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was 46 years of age when he signed The Declaration of Independence. He died three years later. … Continue reading

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