tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3708289356314614062..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Identifying the Unknown OratorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-68822392167842833472022-02-24T20:30:37.638-05:002022-02-24T20:30:37.638-05:00There was a session in early August 1776 when most...There was a session in early August 1776 when <i>most</i> of the signatures we see on the Declaration were applied to the handsomely handwritten copy. A handful of additional signatures indeed went on later. <br /><br />The myth quoted above made the common mistake of depicting the group signing on the 4th of July. On that date only John Hancock and secretary Charles Thomson signed the document, and it probably wasn’t that pretty, just clear enough to go to the printer. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-86061180797696537282022-02-24T03:05:06.653-05:002022-02-24T03:05:06.653-05:00They never even actually got together to sign the ...They never even actually got together to sign the document. It was signed over the course of months…Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705553424485968790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-41115812462915330162021-07-11T13:14:30.411-05:002021-07-11T13:14:30.411-05:00This is very insightful, as I was trying To distin...This is very insightful, as I was trying To distinguish the difference from this speech and John Adam's impassioned speech three days before.<br />I am seeing that this one is legend, though, despite my beliefs. But, it is incredibly clear that there was divine intervention ave inspiration during these events, and unknown, angelic orator or not, God had a hand in the making of this Nation.Mark Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-15867728482597345682021-03-22T21:04:46.195-05:002021-03-22T21:04:46.195-05:00To the Unknown commenter, what’s important is that...To the Unknown commenter, what’s important is that there was <i>not</i> a speech of this sort. This is a myth made up decades after the event. No one at the Continental Congress described such an event. I’m sorry that wasn’t completely clear in the posting above. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-8550387872325530872021-03-22T01:48:17.942-05:002021-03-22T01:48:17.942-05:00Believe it or not.But what us important is there w...Believe it or not.But what us important is there was a speech and looking back after all these years ,we all should agree that the words of that speech has come to pass on the dot.In my mind ,that was nothing else but an Angel ,disguised as human in human flesh! <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641638852809083911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-31630663446202442052020-12-03T20:55:22.312-05:002020-12-03T20:55:22.312-05:00That’s a “[citation needed]” claim if I ever saw o...That’s a “[citation needed]” claim if I ever saw one. As the posting says, people have cited Thomas Jefferson’s letters as the basis of this myth for decades. Yet no one studying those papers has found confirmation or provided a specific citation. <br /><br />To begin with, the National Archives doesn’t hold a collection of Jefferson’s own papers. The Library of Congress has the largest collection, and the Massachusetts Historical Society owns another large batch. <br /><br />The National Archives does host Founders Online, not available when this posting appeared in 2009. That includes the published <i>Papers of Thomas Jefferson</i>, which was drawn from all known Jefferson collections and individual documents. A <a href="https://founders.archives.gov/index.xqy?q=%22They+may+stretch+our+necks+on+all+the+gibbets%22&s=1111211111&sa=&r=1&sr=" rel="nofollow">search for this speech</a> on that site yields absolutely nothing. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-77070982037739952082020-12-03T18:47:37.802-05:002020-12-03T18:47:37.802-05:00You can find record of the speech within the recor...You can find record of the speech within the records of Thomas Jefferson kept in the National Archives. It predates Lippard’s novelEStapleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573993575254535742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-44693689032981354192009-07-05T23:33:49.286-05:002009-07-05T23:33:49.286-05:00Oh, no! Now that the Unknown Orator has been on te...Oh, no! Now that the Unknown Orator has been on television, we’ll never get rid of him!J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-57044708958249723352009-07-05T06:52:58.450-05:002009-07-05T06:52:58.450-05:00Hooray to another George Lippard myth - and what a...Hooray to another George Lippard myth - and what an impassioned one, too!Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-50414073761023403252009-07-04T23:40:21.260-05:002009-07-04T23:40:21.260-05:00VERY timely and interesting for your 4 July entry....VERY timely and interesting for your 4 July entry. Thanks! This very topic was addressed in a recent documentary that aired on the History Channel, which tried to tie together the Founding Fathers with the Freemasons. I thought it odd, this mysterious speaker, and dismissed it. I'm too happy to see my hunch as correct, punctuated by your splendid research.Bloomfield Bobnoreply@blogger.com