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Margecam52
Margecam52

May 19th, 1750 is written under the line " Shall ever Pray"

DearMYRTLE
DearMYRTLE

If anyone can locate Paul Froman's signature on this document sent by inhabitants of Illinois and Kentucky to the Continential Congress, I would appreciate it. He is my 5th great grandfather, who married Elizabeth Hite/Heydt.

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Official records of the original colonies and the early United States. The First Continental Congress (1774) addressed "intolerable acts" by the British. The Second Continental Congress (1775-1781) created the Declaration of Independence and the first national government. The Congress of the Confederation (1781-1789) followed. Read important papers, letters, treaties, and reports--famous and obscure--relating to the formation of the new nation, as penned by the founding fathers.

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