" 55 in iron pen... " so the riddle goes...

Rating: 8/10 (30 September 2005)

The movie starts off with Gage's character finding a clue in the ship Sharlotte. This clue is a riddle and it says '55 in iron pen' which Gage determines to mean that the clue is about the 55 signers of the declaration of independence - the movie mentions several times that there were 55 signers to the Declaration of Independence - Actually there were 56 signers and their names are available many places on the internet. They were: Button Gwinnett Lyman Hall George Walton William Hooper Joseph Hewes John Penn Edward Rutledge Thomas Heyward, Jr. Thomas Lynch, Jr. Arthur Middleton John Hancock Samuel Chase William Paca Thomas Stone Charles Carroll of Carrollton George Wythe Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Harrison Thomas Nelson, Jr. Francis Lightfoot Lee Carter Braxton Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin Franklin John Morton George Clymer James Smith George Taylor James Wilson George Ross Caesar Rodney George Read Thomas McKean William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark Josiah Bartlett William Whipple Samuel Adams John Adams Robert Treat Paine Elbridge Gerry Stephen Hopkins William Ellery Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott Matthew Thornton
I hate to see a movie state what purports to be a historical fact that is in error.