Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A declaration by the representatives of the United Colonies of North-America now first met in general congress at Philadelphia : setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms.
Call Number
EX Lapidus 2.38
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/qv33rx39n
Publisher
Philadelphia : Printed by William and Thomas Bradford, 1775.
Language
English
Date Created
1775
Extent
[2], [3]-13, [1] p. ; 20.5 cm.
Provenance
Princeton copy 1 Stamp on verso of title page 'Astor Library Nov 1876.'
Princeton copy 1 Stamp on title page 'Duplicate.'
Princeton copy 1 inscribed on verso of p. 13 'Dupl. from the Public Library Sale April 1903 (Astor) 6.50.'
Source Acquisition
Ex copy: Gift: Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2010.
References
ESTC W30722
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Drawn up by John Dickinson. cf. L.C. edition of the Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. Washington, 1905, v. 2, p. 128-157.
Signed: By order of Congress, John Hancock, president. Attested, Charles Thomson, secretary. Philadelphia, July 6th, 1775.
Signatures ([A])4 (B)4

Discovery Information

Subject
United States—Politics and government—1775-1783
United States—History—Revolution—Causes

Physical Characteristics

File Count
18

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f1415c3a-c59b-4bee-bf73-ba15210d99ef/manifest