[ad_1] Source Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence. / Credit: New York Public Library/Public domain Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a man of superlatives. Out of all the signers of the Declaration of Independence, Carroll was the wealthiest. He was also the longest-lived of all the signers, surviving to the ripe old age of 95. But perhaps most notably, Charles Carroll was the only signer of the Declaration who was Catholic — in a time…

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