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Originally Posted by Platapus

It would not be an Platapus historical thread without a Platapus "who really cares" trivia question.

Of the 56 signers of the declaration, most of them were Lawyers and Merchants. Only one was a gifted musician. Although he was an amateur, he played the Harpsicord along side professional musicians in concerts in the 1760's.

Name dat dude!

Francis Hopkinson?

Hopkinson was a reputed amateur musician. He began to play the harpsichord at age seventeen and, during the 1750s, hand-copied arias, songs, and instrumental pieces by many European composers. By the 1760s he was good enough on the harpsichord to play with professional musicians in concerts.