Independence Day Display from NEHGS

The New England Historic Genealogical Society has posted an online display of four items from its collections related to Independence Day. There’s a letter from John Hancock, a 1778 militia muster roll submitted to his younger brother Ebenezer, Samuel Hovey’s poorly spelled but enthusiastic description of the first reading of the Declaration of Independence in New York, and an almanac-diary entry recording its publication in Massachusetts. Slow downloading today.