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Love their weed man Edit this page Watch this page United States Declaration of Independence United States Declaration of Independence United States Declaration of Independence.jpg 1823 facsimile of the engrossed copy Created June–July 1776 Ratified July 4, 1776 Location Engrossed copy: National Archives Rough draft: Library of Congress Author(s) Thomas Jefferson et al. (Engrosser: Probably Timothy Matlack) Signatories 56 delegates to the Continental Congress Purpose To announce and explain separation from Great Britain[1] The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies,[2] then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead t