. A history of the United States . INDEPENDENCE HALL, 1776. work of Thomas Jefferson. The action of the congress andthe reacUng of the Declaration were not received with suchuniversal rejoicing as might have been expected. The factwas, that, except in the middlecolonies, the people had gonefaster than the congress, whichsimply had recorded the desiresof the people when it issuedthe Declaration. The originalcopy of the Declaration wassigned by John Hancock, thepresident of the congress, andby Charles Thomson, its sec-retary. The official copy onparchment, which is the onepreserved at Washington
. A history of the United States . INDEPENDENCE HALL, 1776. work of Thomas Jefferson. The action of the congress andthe reacUng of the Declaration were not received with suchuniversal rejoicing as might have been expected. The factwas, that, except in the middlecolonies, the people had gonefaster than the congress, whichsimply had recorded the desiresof the people when it issuedthe Declaration. The originalcopy of the Declaration wassigned by John Hancock, thepresident of the congress, andby Charles Thomson, its sec-retary. The official copy onparchment, which is the onepreserved at Washington, wassigned by most of the members on the 2d of the followingAugust, though others signed still later; one of the signersnot being a member when the vote was taken. While the. CHARLES THOMSON. 108 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. signing was going on, John Hancock is reported to have said, We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling differentways ; we must hang together. Yes, said Franklin, whowas standing by, we must all hang together, or else we allshall hang separately. 112. British Plans of Attack. (1776.) — The British hadleft New England (sect. 107), but they had no intention ofgiving it up. They had come to the conclusion that therewas to be a struggle, and were laying their plans to bring itto an end as speedily as possible. The middle coloniesoffered the most attractive field for attack. The ^Dopulationwas less eager for independence than that of New England,and much miglit be hoped from the loyalists botli in the wayof direct aid and of influence. By this action, also, the colo-nies could be divided, and as they had no navy, it might beeffectual in separating the southern and northern , the Hudson River, for a long distance, con
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