Declaration of Independence full text excerpt
The passage declares the united colonies’ right to dissolve political ties and form a new government, listing self evident rights, grievances against King George III, and a formal pledge of lives fortunes and honor. It names the signers and state delegates from Georgia to Connecticut.
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Great Britain
United States of America
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John Hancock
Georgia
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
Geo. Walton
North-Carolina
Wm. Hooper
Joseph Hewes
John Penn
South-Carolina
Edward Rutledge
Thos Heyward
Thomas Lynch
Arthur Middleton
Maryland
Samuel Chase
Paca
Thos
Stone
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Virginia
George Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Ths
Jefferson
Benja
Harrison
Nelson, Jr
Francis Lightfoot
Delaware
Caesar Rodney
Geo. Read
New-York
Wm. Floyd
Phil. Livingston
Frank Lewis
Lewis Morris
New-Jersey
Richd
Stockton
Jno
Witherspoon
Fras
Hopkinson
John Hart
Abra
Clark
New Hampshire
Josiah Bartlett
Wm. Whipple
Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts Bay
Adams
John Adams
Robt
Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island
Providence
C. Step. Hopkins
William Ellery
Connecticut
Roger Sherman
Saml. Huntington
Wm. Williams
Oliver Wolcott