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Published on October 8, 2012 by in 1700s

Today an apolitical patriot died. John Hancock was one of the most prosperous people living in Boston in the years that led up to the American Revolution. He’d inherited a thriving import/export business from his uncle, House of Hancock, and lived in a mansion with his wife, servants, and slaves. So when the British levied

 
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