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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Question 1199: Where there's The Will

What document is this? What have I blanked out? And why is the blanked out part known to us in a much wider sense now?

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Answer: The United States' Declaration of Independance. John Hancock's signature is blanked out. His flamboyant signature occupied so much space, that it became for the other members to sign on it and hence "John Hancock" has become synonymous with a "signature".
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14 comments:

  1. yaduAugust 6, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    declaration of indepedence

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  2. wheelsandwingsAugust 6, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    Declaration of Independence, blanked out part is John Hancock's signature. His flamboyant signature has resulted in the term John Hancock being used as a synonym for signature

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  3. VKAugust 6, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    The Declaration of Independence with John Hancock's signature blanked out. It is now seen on the stern of the USS John Hancock. Two buildings in Boston and Chicago are named for him.

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  4. SoumyaAugust 7, 2011 at 12:00 AM

    John Hancock. Declaration of Independence. The phrase 'Put ur Hancock down' or sumthing along dose lyns means i guess to syn clearly lyk John Hancock did.

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  5. AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    U.S. Declaration of Independence , John Hancock's large signature..
    - Sukanto

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  6. Doesn'tMatterAugust 7, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    The document is the US Declaration of Independence.

    The name is John Hancock.

    Now used by some as a synonym for signature.

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  7. Maitreya GhorpadeAugust 7, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    Declaration Of Independence. John Hancock. Which is now used colloquially as a reference to one's signature.

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  8. Kapinjal ChowdhuryAugust 7, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    DECLARANCE OF INDEPENDANCE, SIGNED BY JOHN HANCOCK!

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  9. AnonymousAugust 8, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    declaration of independence

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  10. AdiAugust 8, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    USA's Declaration of independence..the blanked out part is John Hancock's signature..who was president of congress...the rest is from wiki..sorry..got bored of typing [sic] Hancock's large, flamboyant signature became iconic, and John Hancock emerged in the United States as an informal synonym for "signature".

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  11. RohanAugust 9, 2011 at 2:58 AM

    george washington ?

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  12. Ruhi ShirodkarAugust 9, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    The Declaration of Independence
    John Hancock
    well....HANCOCK!

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  13. dr.vijaynath.vAugust 10, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    first bug

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  14. AnirbanAugust 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    Declaration of Freedom??
    The Signature of Jorge Washington is blanked out.
    Significance - no idea

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