The actual declaration of independency is precisely the text comprising the final paragraph of the published July 4th broadside, and which paragraph repeats the text of the Lee Resolution as adopted by the July 2nd declaratory resolve voted by the Congress.
The actual declaration of independency is precisely the text comprising the final paragraph of the published July 4th broadside. In the final paragraph is repeated the text of the June 7th Lee Resolution as adopted by the July 2nd declaratory resolve voted by the Congress.