Keywords: Adoption of the Resolution Calling for Independence from England - NARA - 301685.tif Scope and content This document records the July 2 1776 vote in which the Continental Congress agreed to independence The words of the resolution originally proposed by Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee are echoed in the Declaration of Independence General notes Exhibit History American Originals December 1995 - December 1996 National Archives Rotunda Washngton DC Exhibit No 624 0005 Formation of the Union 1970 - National Archives Rotunda Washington DC Formation of the Union 1952- National Archives Rotunda Washington DC 301685 Local identifier Congress of the Confederation 03/02/1781 - 03/04/1789 Archives I Reference Section Textual Archives Services Division NWCT1R National Archives Building 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20408 1776-07-02 Record group Record Group 360 Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention 1765 - 1821 Record group ARC 667 Papers of the Continental Congress compiled 1774 - 1789 Series ARC 1938489 File unit Reports on Administrative Affairs of the Congress 1775 - 1788 File unit ARC 2062280 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWCTB-360-ITEM23-ITEM23P17<br /> NAIL Control Number NWDT1-360-ITEM23-ITEM23P17 yes Other versions <gallery> File Adoption_of_the_Resolution_Calling_for_Independence_from_England_-_NARA_-_301685 tif tif File Adoption_of_the_Resolution_Calling_for_Independence_from_England_-_NARA_-_301685 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Continental Congress United States Declaration of Independence NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs |