![The manner in which the American colonies declared themselves independant [sic] of the King of England, throughout the different provinces, on July 4, 1776 / Hamilton delin. ; Noble sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvdGhlLW1hbm5lci1pbi13aGljaC10aGUtYW1lcmljYW4tY29sb25pZXMtZGVjbGFyZWQtdGhlbXNlbHZlcy1pbmRlcGVuZGFudC1zaWMtMTdkNWM3LTEwMjQuanBn/320/460/jpg "The manner in which the American colonies declared themselves independant [sic] of the King of England, throughout the different provinces, on July 4, 1776 / Hamilton delin. ; Noble sculp.")
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![Declaration of independence. The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America, in Congress assembled, July 4, 1776. St. Louis. Great Western printing co. [1884].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODQvMDEvMDEvZGVjbGFyYXRpb24tb2YtaW5kZXBlbmRlbmNlLXRoZS11bmFuaW1vdXMtZGVjbGFyYXRpb24tb2YtdGhlLXRoaXJ0ZWVuLXVuaXRlZC02NDAuanBn/40/65/webp "Declaration of independence. The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America, in Congress assembled, July 4, 1776. St. Louis. Great Western printing co. [1884].")
The manner in which the American colonies declared themselves independant [sic] of the King of England, throughout the different provinces, on July 4, 1776 / Hamilton delin. ; Noble sculp.
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Print shows a man on horseback riding through town reading the Declaration of Independence to cheering crowds; a notice has been posted on a wall "America independant 1776."
Illus. from: The new, comprehensive and complete history of England : ... / By Edward Barnard, esq., assisted by ... Mr. Millar.... London : Printed for the author, and pub. by A. Hogg, [1783?], p. 689.
Another copy in: The new, comprehensive and complete history of England : ... / By Edward Barnard, esq., assisted by ... Mr. Millar.... London : Printed for the author, and pub. by A. Hogg, [1783?], p. 689.
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 262.
The legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain in 1776 occurred on July 2, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence declaring the United States independent from Great Britain's. After voting for independence, Congress voted for Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author and approved it two days later on July 4. Most historians, however, have concluded that the Declaration was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2, 1776, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed. Since that, Americans celebrate independence on July 4, the date shown on the much-publicized Declaration of Independence, rather than on July 2, the date the resolution of independence was approved in a closed session of Congress.
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