Declaration of Independence.
Virginia. Convention, May 6, 1776. **H 904.299 In convention. Present 112 members. Wednesday, May 15, 1770. Forasmuch as all the endeavours of the United Colonies .. . to restore peace ... have produced . . . increased . . . oppression Resolved unanimously, that the delegates appointed to represent this Colony in General Congress be instructed to pro- pose ... to declare the United Colonies free and independent states. ... Edmund Pendleton, President... . — [Williamsburg, Va. 1776.] Broadside, 14 & 8% inches.
These resolutions were drawn up by Edmund Pendleton. [This work is kept on the Special Libraries Floor.]
This card was printed at the Boston in Public Library, April 20, 1906.
G1335 — Broadsides. — Declaration of Independence. — Pendleton, Edmund. 1721-1803.