- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Button Gwinnett's Signature
- Date of Original:
- 1735/1777
- Subject:
- United States. Declaration of independence--Signers
Legislators--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia
Statesmen--Georgia
Signatures (Writing) - People:
- Gwinnett, Button, approximately 1735-1777--Autographs
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clayton County, 33.54189, -84.35769
United States, Georgia, Clayton County, Morrow, 33.58317, -84.33937 - Medium:
- signatures (names)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Button Gwinnett's signature is said to be one of the rarest and most valuable of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The signature is housed at the Georgia Archives in Morrow.
Image of Button Gwinnett's signature. This signature is said to be one of the rarest and most valuable of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The signature is housed at the Georgia Archives in Morrow, Georgia.
Button Gwinnett served in Georgia's colonial legislature, in the Second Continental Congress, and as president of Georgia's Revolutionary Council of Safety. He was one of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/georgia-archives/m-2639/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Button_Gwinnett_Signature.svg
- Rights Holder:
- Image from Wikimedia
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/georgia-archives
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/button-gwinnett-1735-1777
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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