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PEP.776.050
11 Jul 1776:3442 (2/230)
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 Independant States of
America.
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