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Resolved, Unanimously, July 9, 1776
On July 9, 1776, Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt and ten other Westchester County deputies met at the Court House in White Plains to vote on the Declaration of Independence. They convened as part of "the Provincial Congress of the Province of New-York" at a critical moment in American history.
New York's position held special significance because its Philadelphia…