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Engrossed Declaration of Independence, 08/02/1776 - 08/02/1776   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Second Continental Congress
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Congress of the Confederation. (03/02/1781 - 03/04/1789) (Most Recent)
Second Continental Congress. (09/05/1775 - 03/02/1781) (Predecessor)
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Engrossed Declaration of Independence, 08/02/1776 - 08/02/1776
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  • Scope and content: On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in which the American colonies set forth a list of grievances against the British Crown and declared they were breaking from British rule to form free and independent states. On July 19, 1776, Congress resolved that the Declaration passed on the 4th be fairly engrossed on parchment with the title and stile [sic] "The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America" and that the same, when engrossed, be signed by every member of Congress. The engrossing was most likely done by Timothy Matlack, an assistant to Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Congress. Although it bears the date "July 4, 1776," the engrossed Declaration was signed on August 2, 1776, by members of the Continental Congress who were present that day and later by other members of Congress. A total of 56 delegates eventually signed the document.
Date 2 August 1776
date QS:P571,+1776-08-02T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q518155
Archives I Reference Section, Textual Archives Services Division (NWCT1R), National Archives Building, Washington, DC
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  • Record group: Record Group 360: Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765 - 1821 (National Archives Identifier: 667)
  • Series: Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, compiled 1774 - 1789 (National Archives Identifier: 301686)
  • HMS/MLR Entry Number: UD 2

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