Gemini For Museums October 28, 2026

Gemini For Museums: Assessing The Similarity Of The Huntington, Tyler & Binns Declaration Of Independence Facsimile Signature Blocks

Eleazar Huntington's Declaration Of Independence facsimile is one of the rarest of the early facsimiles, designed as a reduced-size near-replica of the first Declaration Of Independence copy to include the signatures, Benjamin Owen Tyler's 1818 broadside. In his 2024 book, John Bidwell traces the fascinating history of this Declaration, with its body a near-replica of Tyler's broadside, but the signatures themselves were copied by Huntington from John Warr Jr's copy of John Binn's broadside signatures commissioned for John Sanderson’s Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. Let's ask Gemini to compare the signature blocks and decide for itself which is the most similar. Here we give it photographs of the three signature blocks and ask it to make a table of all of the signatures and compare the Huntington versions to the Tyler and Binns versions for each individual signature. Despite the signatures being organized entirely differently between the three copies, Gemini correctly identifies each signature in each of the three copies to compare them properly.Overall, Gemini assesses that the Huntington signatures are far more similar to the Binns than the Tyler, in keeping with John Bidwell's assessment. The ability of Gemini to take three completely different signature blocks, isolate each signature across each copy and compare them in this level of detail into a single table and overall comparative assessment suggests an entirely new range of AI-assisted comparative research is now possible.

Below you can see two copies of the Huntington broadside:

Here is a zoomed copy of the Huntington signature block that we provided to Gemini:

And a zoomed copy of the Tyler broadside signature block:

And the Binns signature block:

Let's compare the three copies, asking Gemini to inventory all of the signatures and compare the Huntington versions with the Tyler and Binns versions. Unfortunately, we could not locate three strong scans under similar lighting and scanning conditions, so some of the differences flagged by Gemini below may also be due to the differences in the scan qualities. Overall, however, Gemini assesses that the Huntington signatures are far more similar to the Binns than the Tyler, in keeping with John Bidwell's assessment.

Compare these three sets of Declaration of Independence facsimile signatures in extreme detail.
Give me a table of all of the signatures and compare that signature from the "huntington-crop" image with the same signature in the
"tyler-crop" and "binns-crop" images, describing the major differences and whether the huntington-crop signature is more similar to the same on
which of the other two images.
For each signature, compare the signature by itself CAREFULLY and DETAILED between the huntington-crop and the tyler and binns images.
Don't consider its placement with regard to the page or other signatures, only look at the signature itself in isolation.
Look especially for any differences in alignment where a letter or stroke is slightly different.
For each signature, estimate whether it is an exact match or similar but with notable differences and elaborate on them.
IGNORE ANY INFORMATION YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON, TYLER AND BINNS SIGNATURE BLOCKS AND BASE YOUR ENTIRE ANALYSIS EXCLUSIVELY ON YOUR VISUAL ANALYSIS OF THESE IMAGES.
At the beginning before the bulleted list give a paragraph description of whether the first image's signatures are more similar to the second or third image
and explain why in detail.

The individual signatures in huntington-crop are overwhelmingly more similar to the signatures in binns-crop than to those in tyler-crop (likewise, taking binns-crop as the first uploaded image, its individual signatures are far closer to the second image, huntington-crop, than to the third image, tyler-crop). Across nearly all 56 signatures viewed in isolation, huntington-crop and binns-crop share the same sharp, continuous, evenly inked copperplate engraving lines, identical loop proportions, matching internal letter spacing, and identical micro-features—such as the crisp, unbroken calligraphy of Tho M:Kean, the long right-hand oval flourish of Geo Clymer, the exact sequence of tremor kinks in Step. Hopkins, and the clean ending of Carter Braxton without a trailing flourish. By contrast, tyler-crop renders many signatures with broken, feathered, blotchy, or faded strokes (such as Tho M:Kean, John Penn, Edward Rutledge, Thos Heyward Junr, Thomas Lynch Junr, Richard Henry Lee, and Francis Lightfoot Lee), along with noticeably different flourish geometries in signatures like Geo Clymer, Caesar Rodney, and Carter Braxton. The few isolated stroke differences between huntington-crop and binns-crop occur almost exclusively at the extremities of signatures where binns-crop either truncated a terminal flourish against its decorative border (Geo Read, William Ellery, Roger Sherman) or extended an exuberant descender across adjacent signatures (John Hancock, Josiah Bartlett); in those specific terminal strokes, huntington-crop displays the fuller right-hand flourishes or shorter "J" loops also seen in tyler-crop while retaining the crisp internal letterforms of binns-crop.

Line Quality & Stroke Continuity: huntington-crop and binns-crop both exhibit continuous, smooth hairlines and clean, high-contrast downstroke swells across all signatures, whereas tyler-crop features broken, stippled, and faded strokes in over a third of the signatures.
Near-Exact Matches (huntington-crop vs. binns-crop): Forty-nine of the 56 signatures in huntington-crop are near-exact structural matches to binns-crop in their isolated letterforms, differing only in minor ink weight or the absence of intersecting strokes from neighboring signatures that overlapped them in binns-crop.
Signatures with Notable Terminal or Loop Differences Between huntington-crop and binns-crop: Seven signatures (Geo Read, Lyman Hall, John Hancock, Josiah Bartlett, Wm Whipple, William Ellery, and Roger Sherman) show distinct isolated stroke differences at their loops or terminal flourishes between huntington-crop and binns-crop, even though their core letter bodies remain rooted in the crisp binns-crop style.

Exhaustive Signature-by-Signature Comparison Table

(Listed in column order from left to right, top to bottom as they appear in huntington-crop.)

#	Signature	Closer Match & Match Estimate	huntington-crop vs. binns-crop (Isolated Comparison) JPG+ 1	huntington-crop vs. tyler-crop (Isolated Comparison) JPG+ 1
1	Robt Morris	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Identical capital "R" loop, tall "b", superscript "t" with short dash underneath, and three-stroke "M" whose first leg drops below the baseline. Differs only in lacking the terminal period after "Morris." and the overlapping loops of Hancock's paraph at the top edge seen in `binns-crop`.	In `tyler-crop`, the upper-left loop of "R" is thinner and flatter, the loop of "b" is narrower, and the superscript "t" sits slightly higher and further left relative to the "M".
2	Benjamin Rush	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the double-looped "B", the long descending loop of "j", the connected "amin", the open-topped "R" of "Rush", and the long upward-slanted terminal hairline on "h" (which is slightly finer at the very tip in `huntington-crop`).	In `tyler-crop`, the lower loop of "B" is fuller, the bottom turn of the "j" descender is darker and heavier, and the terminal stroke of "h" curves slightly more upward.
3	Benj. Franklin	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the ornate "B", the superscript flourish after "Benj", the hooked "F" in "Franklin", the leftward-looping tail of the final "n", and the multi-looped horizontal figure-eight paraph below (the leftmost hairline loops of the paraph are slightly lighter in `huntington-crop`).	In `tyler-crop`, the right half of the lower paraph is significantly fainter, the loops are more vertically compressed, and the downstroke of "F" is more heavily shaded.
4	John Morton	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the tall "J" with its wide basal return stroke curving up under "ohn", and the upright, slightly separated roundhand letters of "Morton" (with a slightly lighter crossbar on "t" in `huntington-crop`).	In `tyler-crop`, the entire signature is much fainter, the lower loop of "J" is wider, and the letters of "Morton" have thinner downstrokes and wider spacing.
5	Geo Clymer	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the intertwined loops of "G" and "C", the descender of "y", and the wide horizontal oval flourish extending to the right of "r" bisected by a straight horizontal stroke (which extends a tiny fraction further past the right oval tip in `huntington-crop`).	Notable difference: in `tyler-crop`, the horizontal oval flourish to the right of "Clymer" is much shorter, fainter, and truncated where it meets Jas. Smith.
6	Jas. Smith	Closer to `binns-crop` (Similar with minor tail difference)	Shares the exact bold shading on "J" and "Smith", superscript "s" with two dots beneath, and undulating horizontal tail after "h", except the tail after "h" in `huntington-crop` tapers off slightly shorter on the right than in `binns-crop`.	In `tyler-crop`, the upper loop of "J" is wider, the downstrokes of "Smith" are less crisply shaded, and the terminal tail after "h" hooks downward more sharply at the tip.
7	Geo. Taylor	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the large "G", "eo.", the broken upper-left loop of "T", the heavy shaded descender loop of "y", and the short vertical terminal tick on "r".	In `tyler-crop`, the upper loop of "G" is rounder, the period after "Geo." is much fainter, and the lower loop of "y" is slightly narrower.
8	James Wilson	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the long slanted "J", "ames", the double-looped "W", and "ilson", with the exact same angle and weight on every downstroke (the "i" dot is slightly lighter in `huntington-crop`).	In `tyler-crop`, the "J" is thinner with less contrast between hairline and downstroke, and the final "n" has a softer, less angular terminal turn.
9	Geo. Ross	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the bold "Geo:" with double dots and dash, the tall "R", the German-style double-"s" ("ß"), and the long horizontal underline looped on the left (the right tip of the underline stops directly under the second "s" in `huntington-crop`, whereas it extends slightly further right in `binns-crop`).	In `tyler-crop`, all strokes of "Geo. Ross" and the underline are much thinner and lighter, with the right end of the underline fading out.
10	Caesar Rodney	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the "ae" ligature, bold "R", and the "y" descender sweeping left into a straight underline beneath "Caesar" and returning right into a large looped flourish under "Rodney" (the left underline is slightly darker in `huntington-crop`).	Notable difference: in `tyler-crop`, the underline beneath "Caesar" is broken/faded on the left, and the loop under "Rodney" is much smaller and tighter, ending in a short horizontal dash rather than a sweeping lower loop.
11	Geo Read	Closer to `binns-crop` in lettering; unique lower flourish (Similar with notable flourish difference)	The letterforms of "Geo Read" match `binns-crop` closely, but in `huntington-crop` the terminal stroke of "d" sweeps down and right into a large, wide horizontal double-looped flourish below the name (which is cut off by the bottom ornamental border frame in `binns-crop`).	In `tyler-crop`, the letters of "Geo Read" are thinner and more worn, and the loop beneath "Read" is much smaller and more compact than the wide right-hand oval in `huntington-crop`.
12	Tho M:Kean	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the clean, continuous cursive "Tho M:Kean", the colon ":", the straight vertical downstroke through the terminal loop of "n", and the two-part curved hook flourish on the far right.	Major difference: in `tyler-crop`, "Tho M:Kean" is heavily fragmented, broken, and stippled to look like flaking ink, with a split "K" and broken lower flourishes.
13	Wm Hooper	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Matches the crisp "W", superscript "m", clear "Hooper", and the curved parenthesis-like hook to the right of "r" in `binns-crop`, except the bottom-left turn of "W" is slightly lighter and the right hook is slightly wider in `huntington-crop`.	In `tyler-crop`, the "W" is faint and blurred, while the "p" and right-hand hook have heavy, smudged ink pooling.
14	Joseph Hewes	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the crisp, forward-slanted cursive "Joseph Hewes,", the long straight descender of "p", the looped crossbar of "H", and the terminal comma/dot.	In `tyler-crop`, the signature is much fainter and smaller-looking, with thin, worn strokes on "J", "H", and "ewes".
15	John Penn	Closer to `binns-crop` (Similar with minor line-weight difference)	Matches the wide-bottomed "J", the large curled upper loop of "P", and the long horizontal terminal stroke of "nn" in `binns-crop`, though the hairlines of "ohn" are slightly finer/fainter in `huntington-crop`.	Major difference: in `tyler-crop`, "John Penn" is severely faded and broken, with the middle strokes of "John" and "enn" nearly invisible.
16	Edward Rutledge	Closer to `binns-crop` (Similar with unobstructed terminal stroke)	Matches the open "E", the lower-left loop at the base of "R", and the curled "g" descender of `binns-crop`. In `huntington-crop`, the letters "wa" in "Edward" are slightly lighter, and the terminal stroke of the final "e" extends cleanly to the right and curves down (whereas in `binns-crop` it collides with George Wythe).	In `tyler-crop`, "Edward" is heavily worn in the middle, and there is a separate, detached diagonal slash far to the right of "Rutledge" not present in `huntington-crop`.
17	Thos Heyward Junr	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the broad arched top of "T", superscript "s", open "H", separated strokes in "eyward", and "Junr" with superscript "r".	Major difference: in `tyler-crop`, the signature is extremely patchy and faded, with dark blotches on the left stem of "H" and washed-out letters in "eyward".
18	Thomas Lynch Junr	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the sweeping "T" cap, tall looped "L", "ynch", and "Junr" with superscript "r" and two dots beneath. Differs only in that "Junr" is completely unobstructed in `huntington-crop`, whereas Hancock's "J" tail slices through it in `binns-crop`.	Major difference: in `tyler-crop`, the strokes are faint, broken, and discontinuous across all three words.
19	Arthur Middleton	Closer to `binns-crop` (Similar with unobstructed right flourish)	Matches the tall, finely sloped cursive of `binns-crop`, while showing a clear period after "Arthur." and a complete, unobstructed right-hand loop and lower return flourish on "ton" (which is cut across by Hancock's "J" tail in `binns-crop`).	In `tyler-crop`, the letters are slightly less crisp and more worn in "Arthur", and the bottom turn of the lower flourish under "Middleton" is heavier.
20	Button Gwinnett	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the rounded "B", "utton", the large loop of "G", and the tall "tt" of "Gwinnett" where the crossbar sweeps up and curves down around the right side of the letters.	In `tyler-crop`, the left stem of "B" is thinner and fainter, and the loop of "G" has slightly less uniform line weight.
21	Lyman Hall	Closer to `binns-crop` (Similar with lighter terminal hairline)	Matches the letterforms of "Lyman Hall.", the long "y" descender, and the right-hand downward hook of `binns-crop`, except the horizontal hairline connecting "Hall." to the far-right hook is extremely faint in the middle in `huntington-crop` (making the right hook appear nearly detached), and "ym" is slightly lighter.	In `tyler-crop`, the "L" and "y" are darker and heavier, and the horizontal line leading to the right-hand hook is continuous and heavier at the turn.
22	Geo Walton	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the large looped "G", "eo", tall double-peaked "W", and "alton." (the final "n" and period are slightly lighter in `huntington-crop`).	In `tyler-crop`, the upper loop of "G" is narrower and the first downstroke of "W" is more heavily shaded.
23	John Hancock	Hybrid (`binns-crop` letterforms; `tyler-crop` "J" loop length) (Similar with notable "J" loop difference)	Shares the crisp engraving and shading of "ohn Hancock" and the figure-eight paraph of `binns-crop`, but the lower-left loop of "J" is much shorter in `huntington-crop` (forming a neat closed teardrop rather than the huge tail in `binns-crop`), and the right terminal loop after "k" is slightly narrower horizontally.	Shares the shorter "J" loop length and unobstructed paraph of `tyler-crop`, but in `huntington-crop` the bottom-left tip of the "J" loop is fully closed and rounded, whereas in `tyler-crop` it narrows to a point with a very faint upward return hairline.
24	Saml Adams	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the looped "S", "am", superscript "l", the rounded cursive capital "A" of "Adams", and "dams".	In `tyler-crop`, the "S" is slightly more upright and the arches of "m" in "Saml" are slightly more compressed.
25	John Adams	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the bold "J", tall "h", pointed capital "A" with its basal left loop, tall "d", and "ams".	In `tyler-crop`, the lower loop of "J" is slightly wider and the right downstroke of "A" is slightly heavier.
26	Robt Treat Paine	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the heavy downstrokes, superscript "t", wavy capital "T" in "Treat", and the complex looped terminal flourish at the end of "Paine".	In `tyler-crop`, the heavy downstrokes have slightly rougher, less smooth edges and the superscript "t" is less crisp.
27	Elbridge Gerry	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the small, neat cursive "Elbridge Gerry", curled "E", and long descending loops on "g" and "y" (with the "y" loop slightly shorter and unobstructed at the bottom in `huntington-crop`).	In `tyler-crop`, the entire signature is much thinner and fainter.
28	Josiah Bartlett	Hybrid (`binns-crop` lettering; `tyler-crop` "J" loop length) (Similar with notable "J" descender difference)	Shares the crisp, clean letterforms of "osiah Bartlett" with `binns-crop`, but in `huntington-crop` the long descending loop of the initial "J" is shorter and wider, curving back up right beneath "osiah" rather than dropping far down to the left as in `binns-crop`.	Matches the shorter, wider "J" descender loop of `tyler-crop`, while having cleaner, sharper loops on the "B" of "Bartlett" (which is slightly blotted on the left in `tyler-crop`).
29	Wm Whipple	Closer to `binns-crop` (Similar with smaller terminal curl)	Matches the ornate double-lined "W"s, superscript "m", and shaded "hipple" of `binns-crop`, except the upward terminal loop after the final "e" is smaller and tighter in `huntington-crop` than the large circular loop at the top-right corner of `binns-crop`.	Matches the smaller terminal "e" curl of `tyler-crop`, but with significantly crisper double-loops on both "W"s than in `tyler-crop`.
30	Matthew Thornton	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the initial scroll of "M" (unobstructed by Abra Clark in `huntington-crop`), crossed "tt", and slanted "Thornton", with the horizontal tail on the final "n" extending slightly further right in `huntington-crop`.	Shares the unobstructed "M" and long right-hand tail of `tyler-crop`, but with cleaner, more uniform stroke weights across "Matthew".
31	Step. Hopkins	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Every single palsy tremor and angular kink in "Step. Hopkins"—including the triangular top loop of "S", the kinked stem of "p", the looped crossbar of "H" (unobstructed by Gerry's "y" in `huntington-crop`), and the wavy "ins"—matches `binns-crop` identically.	In `tyler-crop`, the shaky strokes are noticeably thinner and fainter, particularly on the right vertical stem of "H" and "kins".
32	William Ellery	Closer to `binns-crop` in lettering; `tyler-crop` in terminal flourish (Similar with notable terminal flourish difference)	The bold copperplate letterforms of "William Ellery" match `binns-crop` identically, but in `huntington-crop` the terminal stroke after "y" extends far to the right into a horizontal wave ending in a downward spiral curl (which is cut off by the right border medal in `binns-crop`).	Matches the full right-hand horizontal wave and spiral curl of `tyler-crop`, while displaying bolder, crisper shading on "William Ellery" like `binns-crop`.
33	Wm Floyd	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the tall looped "W" (unobstructed on the left by Hancock's paraph in `huntington-crop`), superscript "m", crossed "F", "loyd", and the complete oval loop paraph underneath.	In `tyler-crop`, the lower oval paraph under "Floyd" is broken and faded on the left side, and the loops of "W" are less distinct.
34	Phil. Livingston	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the large rounded cap of "P", tall "h", "il.", looped "L", clear "ivingston", and the heavy, slightly wavy horizontal bar extending from the final "n".	In `tyler-crop`, the middle letters "vingst" are much fainter and blurred, and the right end of the heavy terminal bar hooks downward more sharply.
35	Fran:s Lewis	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the wide-topped "F", "ran:s" with colon and superscript "s", "Lewis", and the long S-curved underline flourish beneath (in `huntington-crop`, the left tip of "F" is touched by Hancock's right paraph loop).	In `tyler-crop`, the strokes of "Fran:s" are much lighter and the left curl of "F" is partially broken.
36	Lewis Morris	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the bold "Lewis", the huge overarching loop sweeping above "Morris" from the first stroke of "M", and the heavy, wedge-shaped black underline tapering to the left beneath "Morris".	In `tyler-crop`, the "L" is slightly thinner and the heavy black wedge underline beneath "Morris" is slightly thicker and blunter at its right end.
37	Richd Stockton	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the tall "R", "ich", superscript "d" with two small dashes beneath, tall "S", "tockton", and the long, heavy horizontal paraph bar with its lighter upper loop underneath.	In `tyler-crop`, the upper loop of "R" is slightly narrower and the heavy horizontal bar underneath "Stockton" is slightly shorter on the left.
38	Jno Witherspoon	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the long "J" curving directly into the horizontal underline, superscript "no", the small slight gap between "Wither" and "spoon", and the large "L"-shaped loop flourish at the right end.	In `tyler-crop`, the small letters of "Witherspoon" are slightly more merged/blurred and the left half of the underline is heavier.
39	Fras. Hopkinson	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the small "F", "ra", superscript "s" with two dots below, curved crossbar of "H", "opkinson", and the long horizontal return underline beneath the name.	In `tyler-crop`, the "F" is fainter and the long return underline slopes downward at a steeper angle toward the right.
40	John Hart	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the tall curving "J" enclosing the left side of "ohn", the double-stemmed "H" of "Hart", and the looped underline sweeping left from the final "t".	In `tyler-crop`, the top of the "J" is flatter and more open on the left, and the letters "ar" in "Hart" are slightly more cramped.
41	Abra Clark	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the pointed "A", "bra", "Clark", and the large dramatic figure-eight oval flourish sweeping beneath the entire name from the base of "C" (completely unobstructed at the bottom and right in `huntington-crop`).	Also unobstructed in `tyler-crop`, but the lower-left curve of the large oval flourish has thinner shading in `tyler-crop` than in `huntington-crop` and `binns-crop`.
42	Wm Paca	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the double-looped "W", superscript "m", large curled upper loop of "P" (which is completely clean at the top in `huntington-crop` since Samuel Chase is not above it), and "aca" with its curved right-hand terminal loop.	In `tyler-crop`, the left stem of "W" is much fainter, and the top of "P" is intersected by the lower loop of Samuel Chase's "C".
43	Thos. Stone	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the wide looped "T", superscript "s" with two small dots below, tall "S", "tone", and the wide rounded loop at the end of "e".	In `tyler-crop`, the loops of "T" and "S" are much fainter with thinner, partially broken hairlines.
44	Charles Carroll of Carrollton	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the angular cursive, the three large capital "C"s (with deep lower loops on the second and third "C"), the long "f" in "of", and the crossed "ll"s and terminal flourish of "Carrollton".	In `tyler-crop`, the strokes are noticeably lighter and thinner, especially across "Charles" and the final "ton".
45	Samuel Chase	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Matches the slanted "S", "amuel", and bold "Chase" with the large lower loop of "C" and small right-hand hook on "e" of `binns-crop` (in `huntington-crop`, the lower loop of "C" is unobstructed by Wm Paca below and "amuel" is slightly lighter).	In `tyler-crop`, the "S" of "Samuel" is very faint and the lower loop of "C" intersects the "P" of Wm Paca.
46	George Wythe	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the bold roundhand "George Wythe", large initial "G" (unobstructed on the left by Edward Rutledge in `huntington-crop`), double-peaked "W", and heavy downstrokes on "ythe".	In `tyler-crop`, all strokes are noticeably thinner with less shading contrast, and the lower loop of the initial "G" is narrower.
47	Richard Henry Lee	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the continuous, graceful cursive of "Richard Henry Lee", ornate "R", tall looped "H", long "y" descender, and wide baseline sweep of "L" under "ee".	Major difference: in `tyler-crop`, the strokes in the middle of "Richard" and "Henry" are heavily faded and broken.
48	Th: Jefferson	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the top-joined "Th:", tall "J", long double "ff", "erson", and the leftward return stroke from the final "n" cutting back through "son".	In `tyler-crop`, there is an extra small curly flourish to the left of "T", and all strokes of "Th: Jefferson" are much lighter and more delicate.
49	Benj Harrison	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in "Benj", the high curled upper-left loop of "H", "arrison", and the downward-looped terminal flourish after the final "n".	In `tyler-crop`, the letters "enj" are heavily faded, and the loop in the terminal flourish after "Harrison" has a dark ink smudge.
50	Thos Nelson jr.	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in "Thos", slanted "Nelson", and "jr." with its short descending "j" and period.	In `tyler-crop`, the strokes are much thinner and lighter, particularly on "jr.".
51	Francis Lightfoot Lee	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the small, crisp, upright-slanted cursive of "Francis Lightfoot Lee", with every letter clearly defined.	Major difference: in `tyler-crop`, "Francis" and the middle of "Lightfoot" are severely faded and partially illegible.
52	Carter Braxton	Closer to `binns-crop` (Exact match)	Exact match in the tall looped "C", "arter", double-looped "B", and "raxton", ending cleanly at the final "n" with no trailing flourish.	Notable difference: in `tyler-crop`, there is a faint, multi-looped vertical scroll flourish extending to the right and below "Braxton" that is completely absent in `huntington-crop` and `binns-crop`.
53	Roger Sherman	Closer to `binns-crop` in lettering; `tyler-crop` in terminal hook (Similar with unobstructed terminal hook)	Matches the bold, steady letterforms of "Roger Sherman" in `binns-crop`, but in `huntington-crop` the terminal stroke after the final "n" extends further right and curves downward into a bold, shaded hook (which runs straight into the Maryland border medallion in `binns-crop`).	Shares the complete downward-turning terminal hook at the right end of "Sherman" with `tyler-crop`, while maintaining crisper, more uniform stroke edges across the letters like `binns-crop`.
54	Samel Huntington	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the small neat "Sam", superscript "el", the looped crossbar of "H", and "untington" with its long first-"g" descender.	In `tyler-crop`, the base of "S" is heavier and the small letters of "Huntington" are slightly darker and less sharply separated.
55	Wm Williams	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the angular "W"s, the loop beneath "Wm", superscript "m", "illiams", and the delicate, multi-looped hairline flourish dropping down below "ms".	In `tyler-crop`, the two "W"s are darker and heavier, while the delicate looping flourish below "ms" is much fainter and partially lost.
56	Oliver Wolcott	Closer to `binns-crop` (Near-exact match)	Near-exact match in the large oval "O", tall "l", "iver", multi-peaked "W", tall "l", and "cott" with its long "tt" crossbar (unobstructed along the bottom edge since Matthew Thornton is not placed beneath it in `huntington-crop`).	In `tyler-crop`, the downstrokes of "O" and "W" are heavier and darker, and the base of "Wolcott" intersects Matthew Thornton below.