Here are the possible solutions for it features john trumbull's painting the signing of the declaration of independence clue
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two
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It features John Trumbull's painting "The Signing of the Declaration of Independence"
canvas
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John Trumbull's "Declaration of Independence," e.g.
Definition
to examine thoroughly, also CANVASS
twos
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Bills depicting Trumbull's "Declaration of Independence"
colony
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Each circled pair is an abbreviation for one; all 13 are arranged in the roughly north-to-south order in which their representatives (except for John Hancock) signed the Declaration of Independence
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a settlement of emigrants in a new land
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"John Hancock" on the Declaration of Independence?