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Quotation from The Olive Branch Petition by Continental Congress
“We, your Majesty's faithful subjects of the colonies new Hampshire, Massachusetts bay, Rhode island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina”
The Olive Branch Petition, The twelve colonies named (Avalon, Journals of the Continental Congress, 8 July 1775)
The list names twelve colonies; Georgia is not yet included, and the wording should be quoted as it stands.
Citation: "We, your Majesty's faithful subjects of the colonies new Hampshire, Massachusetts bay, Rhode island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina" — Continental Congress, The Olive Branch Petition, The twelve colonies named (Avalon, Journals of the Continental Congress, 8 July 1775). (id olive-branch-petition-q5)
