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==Death==
==Death==
The toll on Hart was great and his own health started to fail. He resigned from the legislature in 1779. Less than three-years after signing the Declaration, Hart died at his Hopewell farm in New Jersey on May 11. He is buried in the yard of the First [[Baptist]] Church at the town of Hopewell, Mercer County.
The toll on Hart was great and his own health started to fail. He suffered from "gravel",<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=T7NvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT88 Signing Their Lives Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men who Signed the Declaration of Independence]</ref> another name for kidney stones, and resigned from the legislature in 1779. Less than three-years after signing the Declaration, Hart died at his Hopewell farm in New Jersey on May 11. He is buried in the yard of the First [[Baptist]] Church at the town of Hopewell, Mercer County.
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