Proposed Articles of Confederation

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“Art. XIII. Any and every Colony from Great Britain [interlined: upon the Continent of North America] not at present engag’d in our Association, may upon Application [interlined: and joining the said Association,] be receiv’d into this Confederation, viz. [Ireland] the West India Islands, Quebec, St. Johns, Nova Scotia, Bermudas, and the East and West Floridas: and shall [interlined: thereupon] be entitled to all the Advantages of our Union, mutual Assistance and Commerce.”

“Proposed Articles of Confederation, [on or before 21 July 1775],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-22-02-0069

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