Record #:

12259

Author(s):

Davidson, Chalmers G.

Abstract:

On May 20, 1975 Mecklenburg's bicentennial celebration marked the anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, one of history's lost artifacts claimed to be earliest overt act of independence in the thirteen colonies by a legally constituted body. The article includes a copy of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 11, Apr 1975, p9-12, 36-37, il, por

Subject(s):

Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence