JULY 4th..Year 14,000 B.C. & More on the Declaration (Errata)

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July 4th needs no promotion from among the astrological community; but nevertheless the two links provided here are from a larger work that reviews among many many related things, the Egyptian roots of the cosmic significance of the fourth day in July. Since the ideological roots of Freemasonry furrow all the way back to ancient Egypt, one may find something of interest for the effort in reading. For those who wish to cut to the chase of the July 4th connection, go to the 2nd link and scroll down most of the

way:

http://ancientegypt.hypermart.net/records/index.htm

http://ancientegypt.hypermart.net/sphinx/

 

 

NOW, ONE MORE LOOK: TO DISPELL SOME OF THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

 

The eminent 19th century historian and diplomat, George Bancroft,among his many works, wrote a solid history: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: 1774-1782 (in four volumes).

 

On the final page of Volume III (1866), page 475, last paragraph >> QUOTE> "The Declaration was not signed by the members of congress on theday that it was agreed, but it was duly authenticated by the presidentand secretary and published to the world. The nation, when it made thechoice of a day for its great anniversary, selected not the day of theresolution of independence, when it closed the past, but that of theDeclaration of the principles on which it opened its new career."> UNQUOTE

 

This quotation is just short of perfect. If Bancroft had only added my suggested fragment to the following line therein (cited here again) from the above paragraph: “duly authenticated by the president and secretary and published to the world”………I now add: ON FRIDAY, JULY 5TH 1776; If Bancroft had only added this truthful fragment as well, just perhaps the mythology of the 4th of July would have been greatly diminished, if not totally eliminated by students and scholars, who during the 20th century might, as well, have worked out the crucial difference between an autographical signature and a parliamentary stamp, which is precisely the difference one discovers by studying the “JOHN HANCOCK” on the Dunlap Broadside’s A DECLARATION, published on Friday July 5th, 1776 and thereby noting the contrast of the simple printed name

there with the duly autographed signature of Hancock on THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION published after the ceremonial signing by the members of Congress on August 2nd 1776. Got the idea yet? The authenticated copy of THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION of August 2nd was “”deceptively”” placed in the pages of the July 4th entry of the published Journals of the Continental Congress.

Yes, dear reader, the published Journal for July 4th is very much that misleading. Read it for yourself here; try not to weep!

 

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1776

Page 510

Agreeable to the order of the day, the Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their farther consideration, the declaration; ¶and, after some time, & par; the president resumed the chair. Mr. [benjamin] Harrison reported, that the committee of the whole Congress have agreed to a Declaration, which he delivered in.

The Declaration being again read, was agreed to as follows:

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America.

& par;The foregoing declaration was, by order of Congress, engrossed, and signed by the following members: & par;1

[Note 1: 1 The text used is that of the engrossed original in the Department of State.]

John Hancock.

 

Josiah Bartlett.

WM Whipple.

Saml Adams.

John Adams.

Robt Treat Paine.

Elbridge Gerry.

Steph. Hopkins.

William Ellery.

Roger Sherman.

Samyel Huntington.

Wm Williams.

Oliver Wolcott.

Matthew Thornton.

Wm Floyd.

Phil Livingston.

Frans Lewis.

Lewis Morris.

Richd Stockton.

Jno Witherspoon.

FranS Hopkinson.

John Hart.

Abra Clark.

Robt Morris.

Benjamin Rush.

Benja Franklin.

John Morton.

Geo Clymer.

Jas Smith.

Geo. Taylor.

James Wilson.

Geo. Ross.

Cæsar Rodney.

Geo Read.

Thos M: Kean.

Samuel Chase.

Wm Paca.

Thos Stone.

Charles Carroll of Carrollton.

George Wythe.

Richard HenryLee.

Th. Jefferson.

Benja Harrison.

Thos Nelson, Jr.

Francis Lightfoot Lee.

Carter Braxton.

WM Hooper.

Joseph Hewes.

John Penn.

Edward Rutledge.

Thos Heyward, Junr.

Thomas Lynch, Junr.

Arthur Middleton.

Button Gwinnett.

Lyman Hall.

Geo Walton.

 

 

 

Ordered, That the declaration be authenticated and printed.

That the committee appointed to prepare the declaration, superintend and correct the press.

That copies of the declaration be sent to the several assemblies, conventions and committees, or councils of safety, and to the several commanding officers of the continental troops; that it be proclaimed in each of the United States, and at the head of the army.1

[Note 1: 1 "A determined resolution of the Delegates from some of the Colonies to push the question of Independency has had a most happy effect, and after a day's debate, all the Colonies, except New York, whose Delegates are not empowered to give either an affirmative or negative voice, united in a declaration long sought for, solicited, and necessary--the Declaration of Independency." Elbridge Gerry to General Warren, 5 July, 1776.The Declaration was printed in the Pennsylvania Evening Post, 6 July, 1776, and

in the Pennsylvania Gazette, 10 July, 1776. See the Bibliographical Notes at the end of this year

 

COMMENT:

Line 4 reads: “…agreed to a Declaration”….obviously, the original Rough Journal was referring to the title of the Dunlap Broadside published on July 5th and entitled: “A DECLARATION”.

Whereas Line 5 reads: “…The Unanimous Declaration” which titled document did not exist until August 2nd, 1776, when John Hancock affixed his now justly famous autographical signature, larger-than-any-other-Signer’s, to the parchment now on display in the Library of Congress..The editor of the published Journal does a disservice to scholarship by not indicating the "signed" Delaration is taken from August 2nd and that NOBODY SIGNED ON JULY 4TH.

NOW YOU CAN PERHAPS BEGIN TO APPRECIATE MY ANTIPATHY FOR THE CONFUSIONS AND MYTHOLOGIES PROMULGATED BY MOST HISTORIANS ON THIS HISTORIC AND MOMENTOUS EVENT.

Best wishes, John

 

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