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It was July 1776. Fighting between the American colonists and the British forces had been going on for nearly a year. The Continental Congress had been meeting since June, wrestling with the question of independence. Finally, late in the afternoon on July 4th, 12 of the 13 colonies reached agreement to declare the Colonies as a free and independent nation. New York was the lone holdout.
Declaration of Independence
Is it Real?
President
JohnHancock.org
New
Hampshire - Signers
JosiahBartlett.com
MatthewThornton.net
WilliamWhipple.com
Massachusetts
- Signers
John-Adams.org
SamuelAdams.net
ElbridgeGerry.com
JohnHancock.org
RobertTreatPaine.com
Connecticut
- Signers
SamuelHuntington.org
RogerSherman.net
WilliamWilliams.com
OliverWolcott.com
Rhode
Island - Signers
WilliamEllery.com
StephenHopkins.com
New
York - Signers
WilliamFloyd.net
FrancisLewis.com
PhilipLivingston.com
LewisMorris.com
New
Jersey - Signers
AbrahamClark.com
JohnHart.net
FrancisHopkinson.com
RichardStockton.net
JohnWitherspoon.com
Delaware
- Signers
ThomasMcKean.com
GeorgeRead.org
CaesarRodney.net
Maryland
- Signers
CharlesCarrollofCarrollton.com
SamuelChase.com
WilliamPaca.com
ThomasStone.com
Virginia
- Signers
CarterBraxton.net
BenjaminHarrison.com
Thomas-Jefferson.net
FrancisLightfootLee.com
RichardHenryLee.com
ThomasNelsonJr.com
GeorgeWythe.net
North
Carolina - Signers
JosephHewes.com
WilliamHooper.com
JohnPenn.com
South
Carolina - Signers
ThomasHeywardJr.com
ThomasLynchJr.com
ArthurMiddleton.org
EdwardRutledge.com
Continental
Army Commander in Chief
George-Washington.org
Printed
- July 4, 1776
JohnDunlap.
Printed
- January 1777
MaryKatherineGoddard.com
Engrossed
– Aug. 2, 1776
TimothyMatlack.com
Wet
Ink Transfer -1820
WilliamJStone.com