. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. s to the roll of illustrious Virginians. The three persons here selected from the group of celebrities forspecial notice, were those most directly connected with the resolution forindependence. The resolution passed the Convention by a unanimous * The names of this corps delite of revolutionary worthies ought not to be forgotten. Theywere Edmund Pendleton, George Mason, John Page, Richard Bland, Thomas Ludwell Lee, PaulCarrington, Dudley Digges, William Cabell, Carter Braxton, James Mercer, and John Tabb, f Edmund Pendleton was a broth
. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. s to the roll of illustrious Virginians. The three persons here selected from the group of celebrities forspecial notice, were those most directly connected with the resolution forindependence. The resolution passed the Convention by a unanimous * The names of this corps delite of revolutionary worthies ought not to be forgotten. Theywere Edmund Pendleton, George Mason, John Page, Richard Bland, Thomas Ludwell Lee, PaulCarrington, Dudley Digges, William Cabell, Carter Braxton, James Mercer, and John Tabb, f Edmund Pendleton was a brother of Nathaniel Pendleton, the second of Hamilton in hisduel with Burr. THE VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 383 vote, was at once transmitted to the delegates in Philadelphia, and theConvention then proceeded to a step more important than any beforetaken—that of declaring Virginia an independent Commonwealth inadvance of the action of the general Congress. The dates of the great events of this critical period will show theirrelation to each On June 7th, Richard Henry Lee, in obedience to the Virginia instruc-tions, moved in Congress: That these United Colonies are and ought tobe free and independent States, and that all political connection betweenthem and the State of Great Britain is and ought to be totally debate on this resolution took place on Saturday the 8th and Monday— June 10th, when, as six of the colonies were not yet prepared to vote,the further consideration of the subject was deferred until— July 1st, when the debate was resumed, and continued for nine hours 384 THE VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE uninterruptedly, but no vote was taken. Final action was postponed tothe next day— July 2d, when the resolution offered by Richard Henry Lee wascarried, and— July 4th, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by Congress. The second day of July was thus the date of the American decisionthat all further political connection wit
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