A declaration of independence published by the Congress at Philadelphia in 1776
Subtitle: with a counter-declaration published at New-York in 1781.
Contributors: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1781
Place of publication: [New York?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: United States. -- Early works to 1800.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.; American loyalists -- Early works to 1800.
Notes: 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".
Signatures: [e]⁴ f-h⁴ i².
Pages 2-11 numbered in duplicate; text begins on verso of t.p., the counter-declaration and the Declaration on opposite pages.
Not in Evans.
Pages 13-24 contain a letter dated Philadelphia, August 20, 1781, addressed to Mr. Rivington and signed: A friend to America and to peace.