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Encyclopedia > Letter to the Inhabitants of Canada

On May 29, 1775, the American Continental Congress sent a formal letter to the Inhabitants of Canada inviting them to join in the American Revolution.


The letter was printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Fleury Mesplet, the French language typographer of the Congress.


External links

  • The Avalon Project: Journals of the Continental Congress (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/contcong/05-29-75.htm) (full text of the Letter to the Inhabitants of Canada)

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