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The com. of the whole Congreſs to whom was referred the reſolution and the Declaration reſpecting independence.———17
Reſolved,That these ^united Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the britiſh crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of great Britain is, and ought to be, totally diſsolved
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Report July 2, 1776
The resolution for independence agreed to July 2, 1776
