| The last living signer of the Declaration of Independence, Maryland's Charles Carroll of Carrollton, died in his sleep the previous evening. |
| Indeed, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock, was one of America's most prominent smugglers of uncustomed goods. |
| As an informal adviser, lobbyist, testifier, writer of op-ed articles and, yes, signer of tracts, Warnke on the outside was pretty much the same as Warnke on the inside. |
| He was the sixth signer and first treasurer of the Society of the Cincinnati. |
| He was a member of the assembly in 1769, and a signer of the association. |
| Miss Althea rose while the ghost of the signer encircled her with his arm. |
