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Line 1: − '''Button Gwinnett''' (b. circa 1732-1735 <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/gwinnett.htm Button Gwinnett, USHistory.org]</ref> - d. May 19, 1777) was a signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]]. Gwinnett was president of [[Georgia]]'s Revolutionary Council of Safety, developed Georgia's Constitution which was ratified. He led a failed invasion of British East [[Florida]]. He was killed in a duel with his arch-enemy Colonel Lachlan McIntosh. − Line 7:
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'''Button Gwinnett''' (b. circa 1732-1735 <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/gwinnett.htm Button Gwinnett, USHistory.org]</ref> - d. May 19, 1777) was a signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]]. Gwinnett was president of [[Georgia]]'s Revolutionary Council of Safety, developed Georgia's Constitution which was ratified. He led a failed invasion of British East [[Florida]]. He was killed in a duel with his arch-enemy Colonel Lachlan McIntosh.
==Early Life==
==Early Life==
==Death==
==Death==
As fate would have it, a duel over personal honor was proposed outside of Savanna. On May 16, 1777, both men were shot in the duel, only Gwinnett failed to recover and he would die three days later.
As fate would have it, a duel over personal honor was proposed outside of Savannah. On May 16, 1777, both men were shot in the duel, only Gwinnett failed to recover and he would die three days later.
==References==
==References==
*[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2543 Gwinnett's biography in the New Georgia Encyclopedia]
*[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2543 Gwinnett's biography in the New Georgia Encyclopedia]
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