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- By the United States in Congress assembled. A proclamation.
- Includes the text of the treaty., Text in four columns., N-YHS copy: ink stains; fabric lining.
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- In Congress, July 4, 1776.
- "Signed by order and in behalf of the Congress, John Hancock, president. Attest. Charles Thomson, sec'ry.", Text printed in two columns, 70 lines in first., Watermark: A Rogge., Rehoused; mylar encapsulation., Conserved; washed; dry-cleaned; resized; deacidified-aqueous.