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(DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.) Volume of Gentleman's Magazine, including a very early British magazine printing of the Declaration. Volume XLVI, complete. 9 maps, 5 plates. [4], 608, [16] pages. 8vo, contemporary ½ calf, backstrip worn and repaired; occasional early inked notes; two later labels on front endpapers. London, January to December 1776
The "Declaration of American Independency" appears on pages 361 and 362, signed in type by John Hancock and Charles Thompson. The Declaration is also discussed in a later article titled "Account of the Proceedings of the American Colonists": "Whether those grievances were real or imaginary, or whether they did or did not deserve a parliamentary enquiry, we will not presume to decide. The ball is now struck, and time only can shew where it will rest" (page 377).
Other highlights include the folding "Map of the Country Round Philadelphia," facing page 397 in the September issue; "Sketch of the Country Illustrating the Late Engagement in Long Island," facing page 453 in the October issue; "A Map of Connecticut and Rhode Island" facing page 493 in the November volume; and "Map of the Progress of His Majesty's Armies in New York," facing page 584 in the supplement.
