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MG-B(D.776.015
16 Jul 1776:22 (2/64)
Easton (Northampton county) July 8. This day the
Declaration of Independancy was received here, and
proclaimed in the following order: The Colonel and all
other field officers of the first battalion repaired to the
court house, the Light Infantry company marching there with
drums beating, fifes playing, and the Standard (the device
for which is the thirteen United Colonies) which was ordered
to be displayed, and after that the Declaration was read
aloud to a great number of spectators, who gave their hearty
assent with three loud huzzas, and cried out May God long
preserve and unite the free and indepedant States of
America.
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