Creating the United States

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Declaration of Independence Sent to State Governors and George Washington

Declaration of Independence Sent to State Governors and George Washington (035.01.00)

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Immediately after approving the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress ordered that the Declaration be printed and distributed to governmental authorities and military commanders throughout the country. John Hancock (1737–1793), president of the Continental Congress, made this extract from the journal of congress and sent it to George Washington with a copy of the Declaration of Independence. Washington had the Declaration read to the American Army at New York on July 9, 1776.

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“That Copies of the Declaration be Sent to the several Assemblies. . . .”


Immediately after approving the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress ordered that the Declaration be printed and distributed to governmental authorities and military commanders throughout the country. John Hancock (1737–1793), president of the Continental Congress, made this extract from the journal of congress and sent it to George Washington with a copy of the Declaration of Independence. Washington had the Declaration read to the American Army at New York on July 9, 1776.