Signers of the Declaration of Independence: South Carolina, Part 1
Thomas Heyward Jr. and Thomas Lynch Jr. represented South Carolina at the Second Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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Thomas Heyward Jr. and Thomas Lynch Jr. represented South Carolina at the Second Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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