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(1717-86). He was an
Ulster-Scot. He chaired a meeting 5/19/75 in Charlotte NC regarding the
British treatment of Patriots after the Boston Tea Party. The Mecklenburg
Declaration was the result. It dissolved the political bonds connecting
them with Britain and all 'associations with that nation who have want
only trampled on our rights and liberties and inhumanely shed the innocent
blood of American Patriots at Lexington'. The Highlanders declared
themselves free and independent. This was the second declaration by Scots
in America, the first being at Fincastle County VA as early as January,
1775. |
