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<DIV>Greetings to all!</DIV>
<DIV>Received from Debbie Azzarone and thought appropriate to forward.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Warmly,</DIV>
<DIV>Joe </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>---- </DIV>
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inline'><B>From:</B>
<A title=dea23@optonline.net href="mailto:dea23@optonline.net">Debbie
Azzarone</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5">
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 03, 2021 10:56 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=dea23@optonline.net
href="mailto:dea23@optonline.net">Debbie Azzarone</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Blind Vine. The Declaration of
Independence</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hello Viners,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>When was the last time we read the Declaration of
Independence in it’s entirety?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Maybe we should take advantage of the time that rain
cancelations of picnics, parades, and fireworks have given us to read it
once
more to remember why we celebrate this day.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in;
MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><EM><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Note:
The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the
parchment
Declaration of Independence (the document on display in <A
href="https://museum.archives.gov/founding-documents"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #0071bc">the Rotunda at the National Archives
Museum</SPAN></A>.)
The spelling and punctuation reflects the original.</SPAN></EM><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=larger
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
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text-decoration-color: initial"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR: #555555'>In
Congress,
July 4, 1776</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
WORD-SPACING: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-RIGHT:
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font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>The
unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of
America,</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to
assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to
which
the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
WORD-SPACING: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-RIGHT:
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font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that
they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among
these
are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these
rights,
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes
destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to
abolish
it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such
principles
and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to
effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that
Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient
causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more
disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by
abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of
abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design
to
reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty,
to
throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future
security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such
is
now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of
Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of
repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the
establishment
of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be
submitted
to a candid world.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the
public
good.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing
importance,
unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and
when
so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to
them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of
people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in
the
Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants
only.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and
distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of
fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly
firmness
his invasions on the rights of the people.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be
elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have
returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in
the
mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and
convulsions
within.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose
obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass
others
to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new
Appropriations of Lands.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws
for
establishing Judiciary powers.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their
offices,
and the amount and payment of their salaries.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers
to
harrass our people, and eat out their substance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of
our
legislatures.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil
power.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our
constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their
Acts of
pretended Legislation:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>For
Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>For
protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they
should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>For
cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>For
imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>For
depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by
Jury:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>For
transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended
offences<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>For
abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province,
establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries
so as
to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same
absolute rule into these Colonies:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>For
taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering
fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>For
suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with
power to
legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and
waging
War against us.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed
the
lives of our people.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat
the
works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of
Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and
totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear
Arms
against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and
Brethren,
or to fall themselves by their Hands.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>He
has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring
on
the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known
rule
of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and
conditions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
WORD-SPACING: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-RIGHT:
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font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>In
every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most
humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated
injury.
A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a
Tyrant,
is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
WORD-SPACING: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-RIGHT:
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font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Nor
have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned
them
from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an
unwarrantable
jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our
emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and
magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to
disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections
and
correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of
consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which
denounces
our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in
War,
in Peace Friends.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
WORD-SPACING: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-RIGHT:
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font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>We,
therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General
Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the
rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good
People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United
Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that
they
are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all
political
connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be
totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full
Power
to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to
do
all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for
the
support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of
divine
Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our
sacred Honor.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Georgia</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Button
Gwinnett<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Lyman
Hall<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>George
Walton<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>North
Carolina</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>William
Hooper<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Joseph
Hewes<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>John
Penn<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>South
Carolina</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Edward
Rutledge<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Thomas
Heyward, Jr.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Thomas
Lynch, Jr.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Arthur
Middleton<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Massachusetts</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>John
Hancock<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Maryland</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Samuel
Chase<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>William
Paca<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Thomas
Stone<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Charles
Carroll of Carrollton<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Virginia</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>George
Wythe<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Richard
Henry Lee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Thomas
Jefferson<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Benjamin
Harrison<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Thomas
Nelson, Jr.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Francis
Lightfoot Lee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Carter
Braxton<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Pennsylvania</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Robert
Morris<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Benjamin
Rush<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Benjamin
Franklin<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>John
Morton<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>George
Clymer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>James
Smith<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>George
Taylor<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>James
Wilson<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>George
Ross<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Delaware</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Caesar
Rodney<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>George
Read<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Thomas
McKean<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>New
York</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>William
Floyd<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Philip
Livingston<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Francis
Lewis<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Lewis
Morris<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>New
Jersey</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Richard
Stockton<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>John
Witherspoon<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Francis
Hopkinson<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>John
Hart<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Abraham
Clark<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
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Hampshire</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Josiah
Bartlett<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>William
Whipple<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
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MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Massachusetts</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Samuel
Adams<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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#555555'>John
Adams<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Robert
Treat Paine<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Elbridge
Gerry<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
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MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Rhode
Island</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Stephen
Hopkins<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>William
Ellery<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Connecticut</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Roger
Sherman<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>Samuel
Huntington<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>William
Williams<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
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#555555'>Oliver
Wolcott<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'>New
Hampshire</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; COLOR:
#555555'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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#555555'>Matthew
Thornton<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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and
can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."
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