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Okay, I found a copy of the Declaration of Independence, and while it really was signed by a guy named Josiah Bartlett, he spelled his name differently. What s up with that?

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Okay, I found a copy of the Declaration of Independence, and while it really was signed by a guy named Josiah Bartlett, he spelled his name differently. What s up with that?

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Who knows? It s not uncommon for names to change slightly over several generations. Maybe Aaron Sorkin got it wrong. Maybe he liked it better with only one T on the end. For more info on the real Josiah Bartlett, see this article.

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