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[35m * Paul Revere, though a great silversmith failed at copperplate engraving. 
[36m   He was poor in artistry on copper and did that work only when financially
[34m   hard up.[65C
[32m * Charles Carroll, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence   
[31m   was the last survivor - he died at age 95.  He also died one of the[6C
[32m   country's wealthiest man.[48C
[37m * The Declaration of Independence was printer by a woman, Mary Katherine   
[35m   Goddard - she distributed the first edition to the first commissioned    
[36m   Congress in January 1777.[48C
[34m * The first U.S. Chief Justice, John Jay, bought slaves then freed them.   
[32m * Alexander Hamilton wanted the country to be "The united state of[9C
[31m   america," having no individual states.[35C
[32m * While president, George Washington and John Adams paid protection money  
[37m   to pirates in the Mediterranean Sea several millions while the Congress  
[35m   debated starting a navy.[49C
[36m * When George Washington died, it is said that British ships in the English
[34m   Channel fired a twenty gun salute.[39C
[32m * The first lottery was in Virginia in 1826 - the first person to develop  
[31m   the lottery was Thomas Jefferson - he was flat broke at age 83 and needed
[32m   the cash.  The lottery was not successful.  Tom died owing $107,000.[5C
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