Draper Manuscripts: The Mecklenburg Declaration
1876
- Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891
Draper Mss FF
0.6 c.f. (3 volumes)
Wisconsin Historical Society
(Map)
An unpublished manuscript by Lyman Draper entitled “The Mecklenburg Declaration: Its Origin, History, and Actors,” which is about the North Carolina claim that the citizens of Mecklenburg County, on May 20, 1775, had adopted resolutions declaring the independence of the colony from Great Britain. This draft originated from his study of the controversy and his conclusion that the May 20 declaration was spurious. Also included within the manuscript are biographies of the delegates, certifiers, and other participants of the event; appendices include Draper's introductions and annotations of the text of papers which support his claims.
This collection is also available as a microfilm publication.
Forms part of the Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts. The Draper Manuscripts consist of fifty collections, sometimes referred to as fifty “series,” under the one overarching title. See the Draper Manuscripts Overview, and the Guide to the Draper Manuscripts by Josephine Harper (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983) for further information.
English
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