A Declaration of independence published by the Congress at Philadelphia in 1776 [microform] : with a counter-declaration published at New-York in 1781.
United States.Declaration of Independence.
[New York?,
1781?]
Pages 2-11 are numbered in duplicate; text begins on verso of t.-p., the counter-declaration and the Declaration on opposite pages. The counter-declaration is a criticism of the acts of Congress, and a renunciation of "all allegiance ... to the Congress, or to any government under them." At end, "We mutually pledge to each other, and to the crown and empire of Great Britain, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour ..." Unsigned.
Pages 13-24 contain a letter dated Philadelphia, August 20, 1781, addressed to Mr. Rivington, and signed: A friend to America and to peace.
Sabin 19176.
Sabin Group 58.
Microfiche.
American loyalists.