William Paca's Birth Card: The 4 of Hearts

In the record

William Paca ( PAY-kə or PAK-ə; October 31, 1740 – October 13, 1799) was a Founding Father of the United States who was a signatory to the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence. The birth-card coordinate for October 31 is the 4 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast.

The 4 of Hearts coordinate

William Paca's birthday maps to the 4 of Hearts (The Emotional Foundation Builder). 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 William Paca. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build a home people can count on, and you leave enough air for feeling to move.

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William Paca in the public record

He was a Maryland delegate to the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental Congress, governor of Maryland, and a district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Born on October 31, 1740, in Abingdon, Province of Maryland, British America, Paca entered school at the Philadelphia Academy and Charity School in 1752, and went on to attend the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania), graduating in 1759 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He was also to receive a Master of Arts degree from the same institution in 1762, though this required no further study, only that Paca request it and be in good standing. He also attended the Inner Temple in London and read law in 1761 with Stephen Bordley and was admitted to the bar that year. Paca entered private practice in Annapolis starting in 1763. Paca was the child of John Paca (c. 1712–1785), a wealthy planter in the area of English heritage, and his wife Elizabeth Smith (d. c. 1766).

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

Where the record meets the 4 of Hearts

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 William Paca, and not a forecast of the Revolution.

Building reliable emotional foundations and trust

William Paca ( PAY-kə or PAK-ə; October 31, 1740 – October 13, 1799) was a Founding Father of the United States who was a signatory to the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence.

Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: father.

Also on the record

1. He was the second son of the family, after his elder brother Aquila, and had five sisters.
2. He courted Mary Chew, the daughter of a prominent Maryland planter, and they were married on May 26, 1763.
3. They had three children, though only their son John Philemon survived into adulthood.
4. Paca was a member of the lower house of the Maryland Proprietary Assembly from 1767 to 1774.

Other verified signers with this card

• No other verified signer in this set shares the 4 of Hearts.

FAQ

What is William Paca's birth card?

The 4 of Hearts. October 31 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 William Paca's dates come from?

Birth date 1740-10-31 is the NARA Signers Factsheet day. Wikipedia's infobox records 1740-10-31. 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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