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Sun Jul 6, 2014, 04:19 AM Jul 2014

Many Founding Fathers Were Shockingly Young When The Declaration Of Independence Was Signed In 1776 [View all]

http://www.businessinsider.com/age-of-founding-fathers-on-july-4-1776-2014-7



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All Things Liberty compiled a list of the ages of key people during the American Revolution (a period spanning from 1765–1783) when the Declaration of Independence was signed.

Here's everyone who was younger than 30 on July 4, 1776, including a few signers of the nation-changing document:

Andrew Jackson, 9

(Major) Thomas Young, 12

Deborah Sampson, 15

James Armistead, 15

Sybil Ludington, 15

Joseph Plumb Martin, 15

Peter Salem, 16

Peggy Shippen, 16

Marquis de Lafayette, 18

James Monroe, 18

Charles Pinckney, 18

***MORE OF THE LIST @ LINK


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/age-of-founding-fathers-on-july-4-1776-2014-7#ixzz36g7TUskS
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