 | John Marshall - 1804 - 654 pages
...Richard Henry Lee, and seconded by John Adams, " resolved, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states; and that...all political connexion between them and the state j^ 7. of Great Britain is, and ought to be totally dissolved." CHAP. vi. This resolution was referred... | |
 | John Marshall - 1804 - 650 pages
...Richard Henry Lee, and seconded by John Adams, " resolved, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; and that...all political connexion between them and the state J™, ?• of Great Britain is, and ought to be totally dissolved." 410 1776. CHAP. vi. This resolution... | |
 | charles mayo, l.l.b. - 1804 - 572 pages
...•'' and independent states, and that they are absolved from all allegiance " to the British crown; and that all political connexion between them and •' the state of Great Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that, as ••" free and independent states, they... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...Richard Henry Lee, and seconded by John Adams, " Resolved that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States ; and that...ought to be, totally dissolved." This resolution was solemnly debated for several days, and finally passed Congress, in the affirmative, by the ULT ' unanimous... | |
 | Richard Snowden - 1813 - 350 pages
...be Free and Independent States :....that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connexion, between them and the State of Great Britain, is, and ought to be totally dissolved ; and that, as Free and Independent.States, they have... | |
 | John Sanderson - 1827 - 372 pages
...to be, free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown; and that all political connexion between them and...Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." This committee consisted of Mr. Jefferson, Mr. J. Adams, Mr. Franklin, Mr. Sherman, and Mr. RR Livingston,... | |
 | John Talbot - 1820 - 526 pages
...Richard Henry Lee, and seconded by John Adams: "Resolved, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; and that...political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. "J This resolution was referred to a committee of the... | |
 | United States. Continental Congress - 1820 - 596 pages
...to be free and independent states, that they were absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain was and ought to be totally dissolved ; and that, as free and independent states, they had... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1826 - 520 pages
...Congress. This was done by him, in the following words, 'That these United Colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states ; and that...Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved.' This motion was made on Friday, June the seventh. The delicacy of the subject, and the responsibility supposed... | |
 | Frederick Butler - 1821 - 472 pages
...independent states ; and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." This resolution was referred to a committee of the whole, where it was debated until instructions had come in from all the colonies, and the question was taken,... | |
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DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British... 
