Author: V. V. McNittPublisher:
ISBN: 9780975891001
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Languages : en
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Book Description
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.
