[Prompt Script from Scene 7 of 1776] Page: 69 of 74
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FRANKLIN:
Good for you, John!
JOHN; privat7eij-
I'll speak to the printer about it later.
HANCOCK: .-
Very well, gentlemen.[He goes to Thomson's desk
and dicks -u? the arL] We are about to brave the
storm in a skiff made of paper, and how it will end,
God only knows. w
HOPKINs:
That's a pretty large signature, Johnny.
HANCOCK:
So Fat George in London can read it without his
glasses!
Laughter.
All right, gentlemen, step right up, don't miss your
change to commit treason!
Laughter.
FRANKLIN:
Hancock's right. This paper is our passport to the
gallows. But there's no backing out now. If we
don't hang together, we shall most assuredly hang
separately.
Laughter.
MCKEAN, patting his ample middle:
In any case hanging won't be so bad-one snap
and it'll be over-[snap/]-just like that! But look
at Read, there-he'll be dancing a jig long after
I'm gone!(Vd
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Fulks, Lewis. [Prompt Script from Scene 7 of 1776], script, 1975-08~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth865106/m1/69/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.