Immediate Descendants
The “American Rebels” were the direct descendants of Oliver Cromwell
Long Suspected
The Declaration quickly became cargo for British ships and ammunition for British commentators
The Newport Press
Five months after he printed the Declaration, Southwick decided to leave Newport, but first, he buried his printing press
Hanging Up Hancock
The people who purchased the British broadsides of the Declaration were probably more interested in celebrating Hancock than hanging him
Self-Evident Falsehood
In the Scots Magazine, “An Englishman” complained about two phrases that have become the most well-known and treasured parts of the Declaration
Confiscated
Perhaps after James Humphreys, Jr. printed the Declaration of Independence, he counted himself among the “numbers who had been obliged to hide themselves” and welcomed the “returning Liberty” of British rule