August 02, 1776: Georgia Delegates Sign the Declaration of Independence

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Suggested Readings

Edwin C. Bridges, Georgia's Signers and the Declaration of Independence (Atlanta: Cherokee, 1981).

Kenneth Coleman, The American Revolution in Georgia, 1763-1789 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1958).

“Button Gwinnett (1735-1777).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2543&sug=y

“Lyman Hall (1724-1790).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-664

“George Walton (ca. 1749-1804).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-665&sug=y

National Parks Service. “Signers of the Declaration of Independence.” http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/declaration/

Library of Congress. A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html

National Archives. Charters of Freedom. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html

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August 02, 1776: Declaration Signers Image Credits

Button Gwinnett Georgia Historical Society Rare Book Collection, E221 M62 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Button Gwinnett Georgia Historical Society Georgia Historical Society Collection of Artifacts, A-1361-337 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Portraits and Autographs of Library of Congress Library of Congress Prints and Signers of the Declaration on Photographs Division, Independence LC-DIG-pga-03858

Signing of the Declaration of Library of Congress Library of Congress Prints and Independence Photographs Division, LC-H8-CT-C01-063

Congress Voting the Declaration Library of Congress Courtesy of the Library of of Independence Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-6078

George Walton Portrait Georgia Historical Society The Declaration of independence; illustrated story of its adoption, with the biographies and portraits of the signers and of the secretary of the Congress, Rare Book Collection, E221 M62 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Georgia Signers of the Atlanta History Center Image courtesy of the Kenan Declaration Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

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August 02, 1776: Declaration Signers Image Credits

Meadow Garden, Home of Georgia Historical Society Georgia Historical Society George Walton Postcard Collection, 1361PC 02 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

The Declaration Committee Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC2-2243

The Declaration Signers, Currier Library of Congress Library of Congress Prints and and Ives Photographs Division, LC-USZC2-2244

The State House Philadelphia Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints & 1776 Photographs Division, LC-DIG-pga-04142

Thomas Jefferson Portrait Georgia Historical Society The Declaration of independence; illustrated story of its adoption, with the biographies and portraits of the signers and of the secretary of the Congress, Rare Book Collection, E221 M62 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

John Hancock Portrait Georgia Historical Society The Declaration of independence; illustrated story of its adoption, with the biographies and portraits of the signers and of the secretary of the Congress, Rare Book Collection, E221 M62 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

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August 02, 1776: Declaration Signers Image Credits

Lyman Hall Portrait Georgia Historical Society The Declaration of independence; illustrated story of its adoption, with the biographies and portraits of the signers and of the secretary of the Congress, Rare Book Collection, E221 M62 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Carroll Charles Carrollton Maryland Historical Society Courtesy of the Maryland Historical Society, 1846-2-1

Writing the Declaration of Library of Congress Library of Congress Prints & Independence Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-9904

Liberty Bell National Science Foundation Courtesy of Peter West, National Science Foundation

Liberty Bell Library of Congress Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-D4-18507

Benjamin Franklin Library of Congress Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ61-1317

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