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- Original Declaration
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- Signing the Declaration
The signers of the Declaration, weary and tired, were anxious to leave now that their connection to Great Britain had been forever severed. First, a few last minute details needed to be settled.
A committe to supervise the printing of the Declaration was elected and a resolution passed to have copies sent for public reading to the assemblies of the newly independent states. Copies were also sent to General Washington for proclamation to the Continental Army and to all the churches to be read on the first Lord’s day after it was received.
Before concluding the historic session on July 4th, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin were elected to prepare the official seal, the Great Seal of the newly united states.
On July 8, 1776 the Declaration of Independence would be read for the first time in public, announced by the ringing of the Liberty Bell.
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