| Show 4 so all ol 01 OY de ch v lotuff 0 6 anniversary th Annive r q of 0 as will of borhi flot effi carolina it to evolutions kofl of 1 dependence its I 1 SHERMAN rim JOHN DICKINSON and hundred III tie li it of 1 f mecklenburg Inde pene I 1 r I 1 lin n of be celebrated M 1 1822 1025 1023 in the tat 4 f charlotte meek meck 10 1 arg county north i ri a ina this meek meck of 0 I 1 I 1 arg declaration next M y 0 1775 as all rood good la Is either an s lil il know antedates by bs it or orical u of declaration re thou a r the tile e itte by the second uk iab sq july 4 1776 6 at I 1 or n L I 1 it Is n it la is an exceedingly er esting 1 I I 1 I 1 worthy orthy of the con coll R I 1 verity that abeen s been fagid oer it SV more tilt it hundred IniD dred sears ears and Is going str it it Is of additional terest artst hat t v declara N A F ta a ind and the I 1 I 1 lid Liphia declaration I 1 tu angely lit kc so strangely gely alike it 9 e on r fqy has brought out great I 1 a f speculations and an I 1 en accusations accusation tl R it the 11 1 n arg declaration of le h searal hia his lan ct of n i i bae written that it the st t encyclopedia encyclopedias are tire estly tl if f tt it i anlon on the other ail the r carolina legislature s link 1831 estal ched to its 0 own n entis batts is eta adoll Us its I 1 1 n to validity and may A bel flail aleal lit a leai I 1 in the old north I 1 toot lit congress Cos gress at hie tile last heinton 1 passed illsey establish ing the united states to ho ct Ick lenburg sesquicentennial corn COM on and anti the president Is signed it it it contains this unequivocal lan ian 1 there Is I 1 hereby author 7 1 I 4 to be RP out of any iny in n the treasury not riot otherwise other wl he ho eum um of to be tt lliel in ta tt discretion of the con com b loa 1011 1 r he h appropriate observance H I 1 tile th city of 0 charlotte county of north carolina on the P 1114 alth h and day days ot of 15 1125 f he one hundred and fit ill miry of the patriotic ac it cf of t p t liens of mecklenburg IVY N r ha h carolina faro rolina llna in may stay 1775 17 11 clarin clari air independence of the lelih r e plater slater overman ot of nh arth r i nin III be one of uncle 1 I ni 1 I i nta tives james E on if f aillinn i inn and kenneth 1 D cellar lellar fe f Itin essee are ott other r sen aitor f the h n of the mecklenburg ylara tl n assuming as it to be an cs es f fi ig Is briefly this thi me ck p nv na no settled largely by atch ani ant irish who arly J ch h i tied independence rather thin n H i 1 ible settlement with ith gland after Pred preliminary confer 5 amm alno tile lenders thomas thoma polk clonel commandant of it the county the he election of two libeg t acci act militia company at charlotte the dele gitel nw inet muy 10 with the elting up a temporary local gov ri tIt nt the he british crown having baving de C ww the colonies to be in a tat of ia n bufore we a get of prepared resolution resolutions X 0 emza or hr atre haig been adopted a courier arrived end ith the newa news of I 1 cx ex ington excite ent followed interrupting the program the delegates set about preparing the declaration of independence this aas fini finished sled and unanimously adopted and signed at 2 a in may 1 20 0 later in the day lie the original resolutions were ere niso passed the mecklenburg lurg declaration of independence Is ua foli follows oNks in full I 1 resolved abat whosoever oever directly indirectly abati or in any way or invasion Inva elon form or manner countenances attempted tempted by the parliament I 1 f our rights as tt of gretat JUri tain li is an enemy and to the th america to his hi country to rights of man 11 II resolved that we the th citizens of mecklenburg county do hereby dissolve chok tb politic political bond bonds which have connected us u ath with the mother country all allegiance and absolve ourselves irom from to the british crown abjuring with a k nation lection all political co that has wantonly wan ton ly trampled on our right rights and liberties ll bertle and inhumanly of american americans at hed shed innocent blood lexington III that we do hereby declare ourselves ourel vt a 1 free and independent that we ire are and of right ought people and self elf governing to be tio a and the of god people under th the general congress Con grea to the maintenance independence we solemnly of which to each other our mutual cooperation pledge and fortune fortunes our live lives our acred sacred honor most our and IV rego ived that w we 0 ordath adopt as rule rules of c conduct a all 11 and each i that the at of great britain cannot be considered nere after as hol holding fling any right rights leges or immunities amongst UL all officer both resolved that V be b civil and military m I 1 ithary in thi this county entitled to exercise exer clee the same power powers that every and authorities as a heretofore ball shall member of this delegation citi officer and exercise henceforth be a of the justice of a the debei hear and peace leue issue process according to law mine con control rela in union and harmony preserve peace exertion to anil and uee use every the county and of coun the love of liberty general and better until a nore try be ei so organized sed etem system of government of the these copy resolved that a VI 1 express by re so be of the lontin continental resident to the I 1 philadelphia to in congress i be laid bj ort that body be compare n ran can an inte betten the inn ian passing madlain Deda rution of this guadie h of the tile it and that of the tile I 1 philadelphia declaration ion ellch 01 Is us follows fol to 8 united colonies col onlea are these that and independent ought to be tree free and of right that they are ab states to the urit brit fro troja frota ta all 11 I 1 allegiance alved solved that all political con and lib ish crown cro I 1 them and the tate state of lection ought to be to 1 ia and britain bri tain areat and for th tally ily dissolved atlon tation with a firm deolar of t support of divine diving protection lance on the th to each tel reliance mutually ly pledge providence at and our our it fortune other our lives act d conot of the delegates names 11 it re are tire the of may convention lenburg 10 0 o 11 e e lh if belig r e t 20 0 1 1776 A abraham braham alexander in thi the chair and john Alexan dei ae as secret secretary a ry pe pie all abraham john bonitt alexander col cot thoma thomas polk richard barry dr ephraim brevard brovard henry down downs nv Heiek tah J dalch balch john queary john phifer ezra alexander col james hircle william Il llam graham oen gen robert irwin david reese re iles H eltah alexander John johnj Davidson col cot adam adas alexander Waight still avery charles charlie alexander benjamin patton capt zaccheus heui wilson sen ben matthew mcclure john ford nell nall Bl orrison john flenniken richard son capt james jack the express ex pree del delivered hered a copy to the president pre eident of 0 the continental congress Con grea and threat copies to the north carolina delegation casba cooper and ani the president re ned politely to the effect that he thought the declaration premature which aich we vms natural inasmuch Inai much as congress vai was at that moment preparing the petition to george III presented july 8 1775 which assured him that the colonies bad had no thought of separating in mecklenburg county under tinder the declaration and the I 1 committee of 0 courts w ere held a arrest rests were safety wa was appointed art binde fiade and loyalists were deported to south carolina many deeds now on file in the charlotte courthouse read like this this indenture made thia this day of 0 february lebr uary ry 1770 and la in the ath year of our independence p IS 13 boo book k 80 robert barrist register 1 hy by then liae bus there been this century long controversy ie Is the natural question it is I 1 too long a etory story to tell here except th thus us briefly the mecklenburg did not become generally known till 1810 1819 when us am inaccurate version was printed in the raleigh register in the meantime the original had bad been burned in 1800 and all official transcripts had bad ap john adam adams disappeared put the deeming Feet ning plagiarism up to jefferson who vas furious and coun count ter charged that the plagiarism wae was froni from the philadelphia declaration thereupon began the tile jefferson Jeff ereon acrimonious which aich nas even accused of getting posses atas BS 17 and hiding in blon of a copy it in 1838 tame to light the prepared resolutions passed by the mecklenburg convention after the tile adoption of the declaration they bore a cespa per date 0 f slay 31 1775 thereupon denounced the supporter eup portera s of jefferson contention both the mecklenburg as of may 20 1775 and its it declaration la appearance A wen rance of an apparently authentic declaration D al encouraged tin the and now come anti uncle sain ft ith hi his official participation celebia in the sesquicentennial tion of the declaration of independence |
