Did You Know? A man named George Wilson was convicted in 1830 for robbing the U.S. mail and endangering the life of a postal carrier. Facing the sentence of death, a number of petitioners appealed on his behalf to President Andrew Jackson for a pardon, and it was soon granted…
Hancock’s Hancock
Did You Know? If every signatory to the Declaration of Independence had signed their name as large as John Hancock’s, the document would have to be approximately 5.5 inches longer. In fact, only about 34 John Hancock-sized signatures could fit on the document, which is 22 short of the 56…