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There are 56 signatures on the declaration of independence<ref name=signatures>The National Archive Experience http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration_transcript.html</ref> | There are 56 signatures on the declaration of independence<ref name=signatures>The National Archive Experience http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration_transcript.html</ref> | ||
[[Georgia]] | :[[Georgia]] | ||
:: [[Button Gwinnett]] | |||
:: [[Lyman Hall]] | |||
:: [[George Walton]] | |||
[[North Carolina]] | :[[North Carolina]] | ||
:: [[William Hooper]] | |||
:: [[Joseph Hewes]] | |||
:: [[John Penn]] | |||
[[South Carolina]] | :[[South Carolina]] | ||
:: [[Edward Rutledge]] | |||
:: [[Thomas Heyward, Jr.]] | |||
:: [[Thomas Lynch, Jr.]] | |||
:: [[Arthur Middleton]] | |||
[[Massachusetts]] | :[[Massachusetts]] | ||
:: [[John Hancock]] | |||
[[Maryland]] | :[[Maryland]] | ||
:: [[Samuel Chase]] | |||
:: [[William Paca]] | |||
:: [[Thomas Stone]] | |||
:: [[Charles Carroll]] of [[Carrollton]] | |||
[[Virginia]] | :[[Virginia]] | ||
:: [[George Wythe]] | |||
:: [[Richard Henry Lee]] | |||
:: [[Thomas Jefferson]] | |||
:: [[Benjamin Harrison]] | |||
:: [[Thomas Nelson, Jr.]] | |||
:: [[Francis Lightfoot Lee]] | |||
:: [[Carter Braxton]] | |||
[[Pennsylvania]] | :[[Pennsylvania]] | ||
:: [[Robert Morris]] | |||
:: [[Benjamin Rush]] | |||
:: [[Benjamin Franklin]] | |||
:: [[John Morton]] | |||
:: [[George Clymer]] | |||
:: [[James Smith]] | |||
:: [[George Taylor]] | |||
:: [[James Wilson]] | |||
:: [[George Ross]] | |||
[[Delaware]] | :[[Delaware]] | ||
:: [[Caesar Rodney]] | |||
:: [[George Read]] | |||
:: [[Thomas McKean]] | |||
[[New York]] | :[[New York]] | ||
:: [[William Floyd]] | |||
:: [[Philip Livingston]] | |||
:: [[Francis Lewis]] | |||
:: [[Lewis Morris]] | |||
[[New Jersey]] | :[[New Jersey]] | ||
:: [[Richard Stockton]] | |||
:: [[John Witherspoon]] | |||
:: [[Francis Hopkinson]] | |||
:: [[John Hart]] | |||
:: [[Abraham Clark]] | |||
[[New Hampshire]] | :[[New Hampshire]] | ||
:: [[Josiah Bartlett]] | |||
:: [[William Whipple]] | |||
[[Massachusetts]] | :[[Massachusetts]] | ||
:: [[Samuel Adams]] | |||
:: [[John Adams]] | |||
:: [[Robert Treat Paine]] | |||
:: [[Elbridge Gerry]] | |||
[[Rhode Island]] | :[[Rhode Island]] | ||
:: [[Stephen Hopkins]] | |||
:: [[William Ellery]] | |||
[[Connecticut]] | :[[Connecticut]] | ||
:: [[Roger Sherman]] | |||
:: [[Samuel Huntington]] | |||
:: [[William Williams]] | |||
:: [[Oliver Wolcott]] | |||
[[New Hampshire]] | :[[New Hampshire]] | ||
:: [[Matthew Thornton]] | |||
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Revision as of 16:35, 19 July 2007
The Declaration of Independence is document signed by members of the second continental congress in 1776 who were meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This document formally "dissolved the connection" [1] between the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain.
The "Declaration Committee," which included Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and John Adams of Massachusetts, was appointed by Congress on June 11, 1776, to draft a declaration in anticipation of an expected vote in favor of American independence, which occurred on July 2.[2]
Its primary authorship is credited to Thomas Jefferson, and early versions of the manuscript exist dating to June 1776.[3]
Signers
There are 56 signatures on the declaration of independence[4]
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Virginia
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware
- New York
- New Jersey
- New Hampshire
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- Connecticut
- New Hampshire
References
- ↑ George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 3g Varick Transcripts http://memory.loc.gov/mss/mgw/mgw3g/001/309.jpg
- ↑ Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents, http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara4.html
- ↑ Transcription of the Fragment of the Composition Draft of the Declaration of Independence, http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/frag.html
- ↑ The National Archive Experience http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration_transcript.html
