Button Gwinnett reproductions, 1769-1770, 1934.

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Button Gwinnett reproductions, 1769-1770, 1934.

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Photographic copy of a letter purported to be by Button Gwinnett, dated Athens, Ga., Sept. 23, 1773, with newsclippings and a letter from Hugh C. Haynsworth concerning its questionable authenticity; and a 4-page facsimile reproduction of Gwinnett documents offered for sale by G. A. Baker & Co. in 1939.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Gwinnett, Button, c. 1735-1777

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Button Gwinnett (c. 1735 – May 19, 1777) was an English-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence. Born in the parish of Down Hatherley in the county of Gloucestershire, England, it is believed that he attended the College School, held in Gloucester Cathedral (now called The King's School) as did his older brother, but there is no survi...

Haynsworth, Hugh Charles, 1875- .

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