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[salveevery1]

  i was wondering why did Edward Rutledge-A signer of the Declaration of Independence put a symbol by his name?

it looked like this /.

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[norayn]

I haven't seen the document to see how it looks but perhaps he just added his 'mark' to his signature? 'Marks' were often used if persons couldn't write.

[salveevery1]

it was the Declaration of Indenpendence

[norayn]

yes I read that the first time.

[salveevery1]

[snapesgirl_62]

If I recall correctly, the larger plantations had specific marks that they put on their items for export ie: tobacco barrels, cotton bales, etc. The back slash following his name might be a short form of his mark for his products at market.

[salveevery1]

Thanks! =D