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Nathaniel Macon

U.S. Senator, received Mecklenburg text

U.S. Senator, received Mecklenburg text

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  1. 1819 · 1819-01-01

    The text of the Mecklenburg Declaration was first published in 1819 in the Raleigh Register, 44 years after the alleged May 20, 1775 event, having been reconstructed from memory by John McKnitt Alexander (who had died in 1817) and forwarded to U.S. Senator Nathaniel Macon, making the claimed 1775 document's public debut coincide suspiciously with the buildup to the 1826 semicentennial of American independence.

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    George AlexanderAbraham AlexanderSamuel C. AlexanderJohn McKnitt Alexander

    Source · checked 2026-08-13