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July 19, 1776
Congress Ordered the Declaration Engrossed on Parchment
Congress ordered that the Declaration be “fairly engrossed on parchment, with the title of ‘The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America, and that the same, when engrossed, be signed by every member of Congress.”
August 2, 1776
Declaration Signed
Fifty members signed the Declaration of Independence on August 2. The six late signers included: George Wythe on August 27; Richard Henry Lee, Elbridge Gerry and Oliver Wolcott on September 4; Matthew Thornton on November 19; and Thomas McKean might have been as late as 1781.
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