Author: V. V. McNitt
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ISBN: 9780975891001
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Languages : en
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The chief revelation in this book is the story of the falsification of the record of a patriotic action in American history. The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence adopted in Charlotte, N.C. on May 20, 1775 after reciept of news of the Battle of Lexington, has long been thought to be a hoax.This conclusion has been reached because of the misrepresentation of the true meaning of a primary document, in an article published in 1853 in the North Carolina University Magazine. Two words wrongfully inserted in the text as copied in the article, made the whole record of the acts of the convention appear spurious.Illustrations of these original documents shows how historians have been deceived. This work is a more thorough examination pf primary and secondary documents than has hereto been made.The Mecklenburg Declarations of Independence and similar resolutions adopted in other American Colonies, were of real value to American history because they helped to open the way to the National Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776. They had a strong part in inciting the passion to be free.
Author: Virgil V. McNitt
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Category : Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Author: Scott Syfert
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476612927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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This is a comprehensive history of one of the greatest mysteries in American history--did Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, declare independence from Great Britain more than a year before anyone else? According to local legend, on May 20, 1775, in a log court house in the remote backcountry two dozen local militia leaders met to discuss the deteriorating state of affairs in the American colonies. As they met, a horseman arrived bringing news of the battles of Lexington and Concord. Enraged, they unanimously declared Mecklenburg County "free and independent" from Great Britain. It was known as the "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence" ("MecDec" for short). A local tavern owner named James Jack delivered the MecDec to the Continental Congress, who found it "premature." All of this occurred more than a year before the national Declaration of Independence. But is the story true? The evidence is mixed. John Adams believed the MecDec represented "the genuine sense of America" while Thomas Jefferson believed the story was "spurious." This book sets out all of the evidence, pro and con.
Author: Virgil V. McNitt
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Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Author: Virgil V. McNitt
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ISBN: 9781258771492
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Languages : en
Pages : 148
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A New Study Of Manuscripts, Their Use, Abuse, And Neglect.
Author: William Henry Hoyt
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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The chief importance in the question of whether there was such a declaration is that some of the language employed by Jefferson in his immortal document which was issued some 13 months later is duplicated here. The present title avers that there was no formal printing or record at the time, although the events themselves were quite possibly genuine.
Author: Scott Syfert
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786475595
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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This is a comprehensive history of one of the greatest mysteries in American history--did Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, declare independence from Great Britain more than a year before anyone else? According to local legend, on May 20, 1775, in a log court house in the remote backcountry two dozen local militia leaders met to discuss the deteriorating state of affairs in the American colonies. As they met, a horseman arrived bringing news of the battles of Lexington and Concord. Enraged, they unanimously declared Mecklenburg County "free and independent" from Great Britain. It was known as the "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence" ("MecDec" for short). A local tavern owner named James Jack delivered the MecDec to the Continental Congress, who found it "premature." All of this occurred more than a year before the national Declaration of Independence. But is the story true? The evidence is mixed. John Adams believed the MecDec represented "the genuine sense of America" while Thomas Jefferson believed the story was "spurious." This book sets out all of the evidence, pro and con.
Author: George Washington Graham
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Author: James Hall Moore
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Category : Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Author: Pauline Maier
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307791955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it came to be -- from the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself became sanctified. Maier describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it, and with more authority than the colonists would ever have conceded to the British Parliament; the great difficulty in making the decision for Independence; the influence of Paine's []Common Sense[], which shifted the terms of debate; and the political maneuvers that allowed Congress to make the momentous decision. In Maier's hands, the Declaration of Independence is brought close to us. She lets us hear the voice of the people as revealed in the other "declarations" of 1776: the local resolutions -- most of which have gone unnoticed over the past two centuries -- that explained, advocated, and justified Independence and undergirded Congress's work. Detective-like, she discloses the origins of key ideas and phrases in the Declaration and unravels the complex story of its drafting and of the group-editing job which angered Thomas Jefferson. Maier also reveals what happened to the Declaration after the signing and celebration: how it was largely forgotten and then revived to buttress political arguments of the nineteenth century; and, most important, how Abraham Lincoln ensured its persistence as a living force in American society. Finally, she shows how by the very act of venerating the Declaration as we do -- by holding it as sacrosanct, akin to holy writ -- we may actually be betraying its purpose and its power.
