• @jordanlundM
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    462 months ago

    The killer bit is apparently she looked up their ages in 1776 and just didn’t bother confirming who signed.

    From here:

    https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/signers-factsheet

    Yeah, average age was 44.51.
    56 people signed it.
    Oldest was Ben Franklin at 70.
    Youngest were Thomas Lynch Jr. and Edward Ruteledge, both 26.
    28 people were under the age of 45.