Sixteen of the forty governors of Massachusetts since 1780 were Harvard graduates, exclusive of those who received honorary degrees. They were John Hancock 1754, James Bowdoin 1745, Samuel Adams ...

John Hancock signed his name abnormally large ... Eventually, Hancock became the Governor of Massachusetts where he was relatively beloved by his constituents. When he stepped away for medical ...

The golden-domed Massachusetts State House is an important building for many reasons and is one of the stops on the Freedom Trail. The land it sits on was originally used as John Hancock’s cow ...