Check out The Declaration of Independence. What's with that big signature from John Hancock?
According to history:
"The signature of John Hancock on the Declaration of Independence is the most flamboyant and easily recognizable of all. It is perhaps no surprise that the story of his part in the revolution is equally engaging. Few figures were more well known or more popular than John Hancock.Well done, John Hancock. You are one of my heroes:
On signing the Declaration he commented, "The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward."
