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Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
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- Author(s)
- Continental Congress
- Publisher
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Date
- 4 July 1776
- Original language
- en
- Link
- https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcriptAccessed 18 September 2026
Editorial annotation
Official transcription by the US National Archives of the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on 4 July 1776.
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