John Hanco*k:
Mr. Secretary, is the Declaration ready to be signed?
Charles Thomson:
It is
John Hanco*k:
Very well. Call the roll
Charles Thomson:
New Hampshire. Dr. Josiah Bartlett
Ma**achusetts. Mr. John Adams
Rhode Island. Mr. Stephen Hopkins
Connecticut. Mr. Roger Sherman
New York. Mr. Lewis Morris
New Jersey. The Reverend Jonathan Witherspoon
Pennsylvania. Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Delaware. Mr. Caesar Rodney
Mary-land. Mr. Samuel Chase
Virginia. Mr. Thomas Jefferson
North Carolina. Mr. Joseph Hewes
South Carolina. Mr. Edward Rutledge
Georgia. Dr. Lyman Hall