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our connections and correspondence. They, too, have been deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace, friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and, of right, ought to be, free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is, and ought to be, totally dis. solved; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do. And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. The foregoing Declaration was, by order of Congress, engrossed, and signed by the following members :—

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Resolved, That copies of the Declaration be sent to the several assemblies, conventions, and committees, or councils of safety, and to the several commanding officers of the continental troops; that it be proclaimed in each of the United States, and at the head of the army.

SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,

IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, JULY 4, 1776.

The following List of Members of the Continental Congress, who signed the Declaration of Independence, (although the names are included in the general list of that Congress, from 1774 to 1788,) is given separately, for the purpose of showing the places and dates of their birth, and the time of their respective deaths, for convenient reference:

NAMES OF THE SIGNERS.

BORN AT

DELEGATED FROM

DIED

Adams, John...

Adams, Samuel.....

Bartlett, Josiah..

Braxton. Carter.

Chase, Samuel..

Clark, Abraham..

Clymer, George

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Carroll. Charles, of Carrollton... Annapolis, Md.,

Ellery, William..
Floyd, William....
Franklin, Benjamin.
Gerry, Elbridge.
Gwinnett, Button...
Hall, Lyman....
Hancock, John.....
Harrison, Benjamin..
Hart, John...

Heyward, Thomas, Jr...
Hewes, Joseph......
Hooper, William.....
Hopkins, Stephen....
Hopkinson, Francis...
Huntington, Samuel..
Jefferson, Thomas.....
Lee, Francis Lightfoot...
Lee, Richard Henry.
Lewis, Francis.....
Livingston, Philip..
Lynch, Thomas, Jr...
McKean, Thomas...
Middleton, Arthur..
Morris, Lewis....
Morris, Robert.....

Morton, John....

Nelson. Thomas, Jr.
Paca, William...
Paine, Robert Treat..
Penn, John.......

Read, George..

Rodney, Cæsar....
Ross, George..

Rush, Benjamin, M.D...
Rutledge, Edward....
Sherman, Roger.
Smith, James....
Stockton. Richard...
Stone. Thomas...
Taylor, George....
Thornton, Matthew..
Walton, George..
Whipple, William...
Williams, William..
Wilson, James...
Witherspoon, John...
Wolcott, Oliver....
Wythe, George.......

Somerset Co., Md.,
Elizabethtown, N. J.
Philadelphia, Penna.,
Newport, R. I..
Suffolk Co., N. Y.,
Boston, Mass.,
Marblehead, Mass.,
England,

Conn.,
Braintree, Mass.,
Berkeley, Va.,
Hopewell, N. J.,
St. Luke's, S. C.,
Kingston, N. J.,
Boston, Mass.,
Scituate, "

Oct. 19, 1735 Massachusetts.... July 4, 1826
Sept. 27, 1722 Massachusetts.... October 2, 1503
in Nov. 1729 New Hampshire.. May 19, 1795
Sept. 10, 1736 Virginia
Sept. 20, 1737 Maryland.......
April 17, 1741 Maryland....
Feb. 15, 1726 New Jersey

October 10, 1797
Novem. 14, 1832
June 19, 1811
September, 1794
in 1739 Pennsylvania.. January 23, 1813
Dec. 22, 1727 R. I. and Prov. Pl. Feb'y 15, 1820
Dec. 17, 1734 New York... August 4, 1821
Jan. 17, 1706 Pennsylvania...... April 17,
July 17, 1744 Massachusetts.... Novem. 23, 114

in 1732 Georgia.

in 1731 Georgia.
in 1737 Massachusetts
Virginia

about 1715 New Jersey.

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in 1746 South Carolina... March, 1809 in 1730 North Carolina... Novem. 10, 1779 June 17, 1742 North Carolina... October, 1790

March 7, 1707 R. I. and Prov. Pl.

in 1737 New Jersey July 3, 1732 Connecticut... April 13, 1743 Virginia

Oct. 14, 1734 Virginia

Philadelphia, Penna.,
Windham, Conn.,
Shadwell, Va.,
Stratford, "
Stratford, "
Jan. 20, 1732 Virginia
Landaff, Wales, in March, 1713 New York...
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1716 New York..
St. George's, S. C., Aug. 5, 1749 South Carolina...
Chester Co., Pa., March 19, 1734 Delaware.
Middleton Place, S. C.,
Morrisania, N. Y.,
Lancashire, Eng.,
Ridley, Penna.,
York, Va.,
Wye-Hill, Md.,
Boston, Mass.,
Caroline Co., Va.,
Cecil Co., Md.,
Dover, Del.,
New Castle, Del.,
Byberry, Penna.,
Charleston, S. C.,
Newton, Mass.,
Ireland,

in 1743 South Carolina...
in 1726 New York..
Jan. 1733-4 Pennsylvania..
in 1724 Pennsylvania...
Dec. 26, 173 Virginia

Princeton, N. J.,
Charles Co., Md.,

Ireland,
Ireland.

July 13, 1785
May 9, 1790

July 4,

January 5, 1796

1526

1797

1794

April,

June 19,

Decem. 30, 1803
June 12, 1778
Lost at sea, 1779
June 24. 1817
January 1, 187
January 22, 1798
May 8,
April,

1806

1777

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Frederick Co., Va.,
Kittery, Maine,
Lebanon, Conn.,
Scotiand,
Yester, Scotland,
Windsor, Conn.,
Elizabeth City Co., Va.,

in 1730 New Hampshire.. Novem. 28, 1785

about 1742 Pennsylvania... Feb. 5, 1722 New Jersey Nov. 26, 1726 Connecticut..

1726 Virginia

August 2, 1811

August 28, 1798

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