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NECH-B.776.017
25 Jul 1776:22 (8/414)
Easton, (Northampton County) July 8. This day the
Declaration of Independency 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 have their hearty
assent with three loud huzzas, . . .
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