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TIL seven of the thirty-nine signers of the US Constitution were not native to The Thirteen Colonies: Pierce Butler, Thomas Fitzsimons, James McHenry, and William Paterson were born in Ireland, Robert Morris in England, James Wilson in Scotland, and Alexander Hamilton in the West Indies.

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