- Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
- Title:
- Declaration of Independence
- Date of Original:
- 1777
- Subject:
- United States. Declaration of Independence
Georgia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- On January 18, 1777, Congress, sitting in Baltimore, ordered that copies of the Declaration of Independence printed by Mary Katherine Goddard of Baltimore be sent to the states to be recorded in the states' official records. On March 2, 1777, Georgia's copy was recorded as an official record in a volume with appointments and bonds of military officers, with the notation: "In Congress, Jan. 1777 Ordered: That an authenticated copy of the Declaration of Independence with the names of the members of Congress subscribing the same, be sent to each of the United States and that they be desired to have the same put on record. By Order of Congress, John Hancock, President Recorded 2nd March 1777."
- Local Identifier:
- ahc00881
- Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/adhoc/id/979
- Rights Holder:
- Users may download the images for personal or educational use
- Original Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
Commissions, State Officers Appointments, Assembly, Colony of Georgia, RG 49-1-10, Georgia Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
