signer
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The Interior Department recently installed a statue of Caesar Rodney, a Delaware signer of the Declaration of Independence and a slave owner, in Washington’s Freedom Plaza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Notaries public, meanwhile, have both ethical and legal duties to refuse notarization if they believe a signer does not understand the nature or consequences of the document they are executing.
From MarketWatch ● May 25, 2026
He's now giving away a million dollars to a random signer every day, creating a sort of electoral lottery.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2024
In BSL this would be signed as "there is a person with a basket of seed" followed by the signer creating a basket shape with their hands and then scattering seeds.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2022
One of the women arrested was a descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Named for a favorite buttonwood tree on Wall Street, the agreement pledged the signers to trade only with one another, and at set rates.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence knew their expression of character placed them at mortal risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 41 owned slaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Musk’s promise of payments between $47 and $100 each to petition signers and referrers in swing states last year was an easy sell for many, but some say payday never came.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2025
Of all the original signers of the Declaration of Independence, “You are the youngest and the most energetic in mind and body,” and therefore most likely to be the final survivor.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
