Nathaniel Foster Safford firmly believed that the Resolves were signed in the parlor of the modern Suffolk Resolves House, refusing to allow Alexander Hobbs to rent it for his jewelry shop because it would be "sacrilege." After Safford died, his son, Nathaniel Morton Safford, allowed Hobbs to use the parlor for his shop and put in a wrap-around display window.

Hobbs also recalled that the limestone plaque commemorating the Resolves was put up before the centennial meeting, which he attended.