File:JohnHancocksSignature.svg

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Summary

Description
English: John Hancock's signature on the United States Declaration of Independence.
Español: Firma de John Hancock en la Declaración de Independencia de los Estados Unidos.
Italiano: La firma di John Hancock nella dichiarazione d'indipendenza degli Stati Uniti.
Français : Signature de John Hancock dans la Déclaration d'indépendance des États-Unis.
Date
Source United States Declaration of Independence. Fascimile on velum, one of 201 produced in 1823 by William J. Stone from a copper plate engraving of the original 1776 manuscript.
Author John Hancock
Created in vector format by Scewing
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Licensing

Public domain
This signature is believed to be ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it falls below the required level of originality for copyright protection both in the United States and in the source country (if different). In this case, the source country (e.g. the country of nationality of the signatory) is believed to be United States of America.
Note that this tag cannot be used on all signatures, as not all signatures are copyright-free.
See Commons:When to use the PD-signature tag for an explanation of when the tag may be used.

Captions

Signature of John Hancock

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

2 August 1776Gregorian

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