but at best, most Americans know that his signature is by far the largest on the Declaration of Independence.
Yep. But most don't know WHY he signed it so large.
Does anyone else??????
Okay, first it wasn't that Hancock was more 'ticked off' or had a big ego, or anything like that, the reason was....Bueller?
Bueller?
Ferris Bueller?
He wanted King George III to be able to read it without his glasses.
Thank you, History Channel :-)
Such a nice, thoughful fellow.
Also, as a man of business and politics, he knew full well that if the declaration came for naught, he was both ruined financially, and was a dead man personally. He quite literally was signing his own death warrant, and wanted the king and anyone else who saw it, that he did it with no reservations or stipulations.
To say he did it to tweak the king's nose, takes away from it's importance. The fact that the king could read it clearly would also put his head formost in the mind of the king, should he win out, in the end.