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Excerpt from Life of the Hon. Thomas McKean, LL. D: Member of the Continental Congress From Delaware, Chief Justice and Governor of Pennsylvania, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and President of Congress, Compiled for the Genealogy of the McKean Family The second plate is a portion of the above on a larger size, and from a second negative, half size. The third plate is the page of the Secret Journal relating to the engrossed declaration, half-size; the interlineation is plainly seen. By comparison with the printed journal, the latter will be found faulty in the kind of type used, as well as in spelling. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.