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Collection Reference Number GLC00070
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1777 
Title George Washington's Trenton Proclamation
Date 25 January 1777
Author Washington, George (1732-1799)  
Document Type Broadside
Content Description Signed in type by Washington. The proclamation allowed residents of Trenton and Central New Jersey to reaffirm their loyalty to the United States, after devastating British campaigns.
Subjects President  Loyalist  Revolutionary War  Battle  Continental Army  
People Washington, George (1732-1799)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme The Presidency; The American Revolution
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859