The majority of the signatories had received their higher education outside of Lithuania, since at the time Lithuania had no universities - Vilnius University was closed after the January Uprising in 1863.
Kebanyakan penandatangan telah meraih pendidikan tinggi mereka di luar ithuania, karena pada masa itu tidak ada universitas di Lithuania - Universitas Vilnius ditutup setelah Kebangkitan Januari pada 1863.