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Among the resolutions passed by the Continental Congress on 4 July 1776 was one which called for the president of the Congress, John Hancock (1737-1793), to send to several commanding officers of the Continental army copies of the Declaration of Independence, which had just been adopted by Congress and printed by John Dunlap (1747-1812). Hancock sent this copy of the resolutions together with the "Dunlap Broadside" of the Declaration to Gen. George Washington (1732-1799) on 6 July. Washington had the Declaration read to his assembled troops in New York on 9 July. Later that night, the Americans destroyed a bronze and lead statue of King George III (1738-1820), which stood at the foot of Broadway on the Bowling Green. Washington's personal copy of the Dunlap printing of the Declaration of Independence remains in the Manuscript Division's George Washington Papers.
Gerard W. Gawalt, Manuscript Division
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Reproduction Number:
A121 (color slide; page 1); A122 (color slide; page 2)
Related Terms:
Army officers | Continental Army | Continental Congress | Declaration of Independence (1776) | Dunlap, John (1747-1812) | George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820) | Hancock, John (1737-1793) | Presidents | Resolutions, legislative | Revolution, 1775-1783 (U.S.) | Washington, George (1732-1799)
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