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Nine of the 10 letter signers notably hail from the Northeast, where gas prices are higher during the winter because of shortages caused by constraints on natural gas pipelines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Named for a favorite buttonwood tree on Wall Street, the agreement pledged the signers to trade only with one another, and at set rates.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Musk’s promise of payments between $47 and $100 each to petition signers and referrers in swing states last year was an easy sell for many, but some say payday never came.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2025

The notice also gave special instructions to "bail signers" - suspects who are given bail with a condition that they report regularly to a police station.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

The signers of the Declaration would then have been hunted down, tried, and executed for treason, and American history would have flowed forward in a wholly different direction.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis