Richard Stockton's Birth Card: The 8 of Diamonds

In the record

Richard Stockton (October 1, 1730 – February 28, 1781) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, legislator, and first person from New Jersey to sign the Declaration of Independence. The birth-card coordinate for October 1 is the 8 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast.

The 8 of Diamonds coordinate

Richard Stockton's birthday maps to the 8 of Diamonds (The Businessman). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about the Declaration and not a verdict on Richard Stockton. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You run the money system in the open and you can explain the call.

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Richard Stockton in the public record

Stockton was the son of John Stockton (1701–1758), a wealthy landowner who donated land and helped bring what is now Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey, located in Newark) to Princeton, New Jersey. He was born at the Stockton family home now known as Morven in the Stony Brook neighborhood of Princeton. Stockton grew up in a slaveholding family and later owned enslaved people at Morven. He attended Samuel Finley's academy at Nottingham, which later became West Nottingham Academy, and the College of New Jersey located in Newark, graduating in 1748. He studied law with David Ogden of Newark, who was at that time the head of the legal profession in the province. Stockton was admitted to the bar in 1754. In 1763, he received the degree of serjeant-at-law, the highest degree of law at that time. He was a longtime friend of George Washington.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Richard Stockton (Continental Congressman) (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 7 of Clubs

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Richard Stockton, and not a forecast of the Revolution.

Penetrating analysis and pattern recognition

Richard Stockton (October 1, 1730 – February 28, 1781) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, legislator, and first person from New Jersey to sign the Declaration of Independence.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: lawyer.

Also on the record

1. His wife was poet Annis Boudinot Stockton, sister of New Jersey statesman Elias Boudinot.
2. The Stocktons had six children.
3. Their son Richard Stockton became an eminent lawyer and prominent Federalist leader.
4. Elias Boudinot was married to Stockton's sister Hannah Stockton (1736–1808).

Other verified signers with this card

• Thomas Jefferson — 8 of Diamonds
• Thomas Lynch Jr. — 8 of Diamonds

FAQ

What is Richard Stockton's birth card?

The 8 of Diamonds. October 1 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a signer or a revolution?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast character, politics, or fate.

Where do Richard Stockton's dates come from?

Birth date 1730-10-01 is the NARA Signers Factsheet day. Wikipedia's infobox records 1730-10-01. The month and day match Wikipedia. Bioguide is a corroborating congressional biography. Wikidata P569 is a precision=11 QA check only — it is not the public date.

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