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![To the real patriots and supporters of American independence [On the surrender of Chevalier Longchamps to the Court of France] [Signed] An independent patriot. [Philadelphia 1784].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODQvMDEvMDEvdG8tdGhlLXJlYWwtcGF0cmlvdHMtYW5kLXN1cHBvcnRlcnMtb2YtYW1lcmljYW4taW5kZXBlbmRlbmNlLW9uLXRoZS1zdXJyZW5kZXItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/222/jpg "To the real patriots and supporters of American independence [On the surrender of Chevalier Longchamps to the Court of France] [Signed] An independent patriot. [Philadelphia 1784].")
![[Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmtsaW4tc2lnbmluZy10aGUtZGVjbGFyYXRpb24tb2YtaW5kZXBlbmRlbmNlLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence]")
![Liberty day, the 19th of April in American history. Eventful days in the struggle for liberty commemorated by the celebration of Lexington's great day ... [1913].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvbGliZXJ0eS1kYXktdGhlLTE5dGgtb2YtYXByaWwtaW4tYW1lcmljYW4taGlzdG9yeS1ldmVudGZ1bC1kYXlzLWluLXRoZS1zdHJ1Z2dsZS02NDAuanBn/40/63/webp "Liberty day, the 19th of April in American history. Eventful days in the struggle for liberty commemorated by the celebration of Lexington's great day ... [1913].")
