USA: Sovereign Union, 13 & 50

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U.S.A. & SOVEREIGN UNION OF THE 'OLE' THIRTEEN: The first 13 States were never, precisely speaking, "admitted" to the Constitutional Union based on the 1787 Constitution. Quite the opposite prevailed: Each State had duly elected to join thru "self-admittance," because each already existed as a State in the Sovereign Union of the United States of America, which sovereign Union pre-dated by more than 10 years the 1787 Constitution. To recap: The colonial Union of 1775 was duly "declared" Independent by the Congress on the afternoon of July 2, 1776; but only months later finally made 'lawfully' Sovereign in each State, as well. All was accomplished as and when the Declaration of Independence was finally made "unanimous" by the ratifications of the 'Ole Thirteen', variously ratified, in 1776 & 1777, as listed below: RATIFICATIONS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE *According to these two sources: For 12 States, John H. Hazelton, The Declaration of Independence, Its History, 1906; and for the Delaware State, Jane Harrington Scott, A Gentleman and A Whig: Caesar Rodney and The American Revolution, 2000. ] The 13 ratifications of the Declaration of Independence were each "Resolved" ["declared enacted"] by either a State Convention or State Legislature (hereinafter, chronologically ordered, 1776-1777): (01) July 15: NEW YORK, in Congress, Delegation d, 10:24:57 hrs; Ratified: July 9th, 14:24:00 hrs, Convention, Tarrytown, Westchester; (p.254) (02) July 16: NEW HAMPSHIRE, Essex, Ratified in Assembly, (p.270) (03) July 17: NEW

JERSEY, Burlington, Ratified in Provincial Congress, (p.246) (04) July 20: VIRGINIA, Williamsburg, Ratified in Council of State (Senate), (p.273) (05) July 22: DELAWARE, New Castle, Ratified in Assembly, (p.250), (Scott, p.120) (06) July 25: PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Ratified in Convention, (p.243) (07) July 25: RHODE ISLAND, Providence, Ratified in Assembly, 12:06:00 hrs, (p.260) (08) August 17: MARYLAND, Annapolis, Ratified in Convention, 10:04:00 hrs(p.272) (09) August 28: MASSACHUSETTS, Watertown, Ratified in Council of State (Senate), (p.269) (10) October 10: CONNECTICUT, New Haven, Ratified in Assembly, (p.258) (11) October 15: SOUTH CAROLINA, Charles-Town (Charleston), Ratified in Grand Jury (Senate), (p.278) (12) December 17: NORTH CAROLINA, Halifax, Ratified in Constitutional Convention, 16:20:00 hrs (p.274) (13) January 9, 1777: GEORGIA, Savannah, Ratified in Constitutional Convention,

11:47:00 hrs (p.279) (14) January 17, 1777: VERMONT, Westminster, Ratified in Charter Convention, [but not yet for the USA.] January 18, 1777: Congress "ordered", "That an authenticated copy of the unanimous [i.e.: "now ratified"] Declaration of Independency, with the names of the members of Congress subscribing the same, be sent to each of the United States, and that they be desired to have the same put upon record." (quoted from the Journals of the Continental Congress). January 31, 1777: John Hancock, President of the Congress, signed 26 copies ["2-x-13"] of the Goddard Broadside and posted 2 copies to each Governor. STATES [Original Capital City], WHEN FIRST "ADMITTED" TO THE UNION (14) March 4, 1791: VERMONT,

Bennington; by Presidential Signature (15) June 1, 1792: KENTUCKY, Frankfort; by Presidential Signature (16) June 1, 1796: TENNESSEE, Knoxville, by Presidential Signature (17) March 1, 1803: OHIO, Chillicothe; by Presidential Signature (18) April 30, 1812: LOUISIANA, New Orleans; by Presidential Signature (19) December 11, 1816: INDIANA, Corydon; by Presidential Signature (20) December 10, 1817: MISSISSIPPI, Catawba (now Washington); by Presidential Signature (21) December 3, 1818: ILLINOIS, Kaskaskia; by Presidential Signature (22) December 14, 1819: ALABAMA, Huntsville; by Presidential Signature (23) March 15, 1820: MAINE, Portland; by Presidential Signature (24) August 10, 1821: MISSOURI, Saint Charles; by Presidential Signature (25) June 15, 1836: ARKANSAS, Little Rock; by Presidential Signature (26) January 26, 1837: MICHIGAN, Detroit; by Presidential Signature (27) March 3,

1845: FLORIDA, Tallahassee; by Presidential Signature (28) December 29, 1845: TEXAS, Austin; by Presidential Signature (29) December 28, 1846: IOWA, Iowa City; by Presidential Signature (30) May 29, 1848: WISCONSIN, Madison; by Presidential Signature (31) September 9, 1850: CALIFORNIA, San Jose; by Presidential Signature (32) May 11, 1858: MINNESOTA, Saint Paul; by Presidential Signature (33) February 15, 1859: OREGON, Salem; by Presidential Signature (34) January 29, 1861: KANSAS, Topeka; by Presidential Signature (35) June 20, 1863: WEST VIRGINIA, Wheeling; by Presidential Signature (36) October 31, 1864: NEVADA, Carson City; by Presidential Signature (37) March 1, 1867: NEBRASKA, Omaha; by Presidential Signature (38) August 1, 1876: COLORADO, Denver; by Presidential Signature (39) November 2, 1889: NORTH DAKOTA, Bismarck; by Presidential Signature (40) November 2, 1889:

SOUTH DAKOTA, Pierre; by Presidential Signature (41) November 8, 1889: MONTANA, Helena; by Presidential Signature (42) November 11, 1889: WASHINGTON, Olympia; by Presidential Signature (43) July 3, 1890: IDAHO, Boise; by Presidential Signature (44) July 10, 1890: WYOMING, Cheyenne; by Presidential Signature (45) January 4, 1896: UTAH, Salt Lake City; by Presidential Signature (46) November 16, 1907: OKLAHOMA, Guthrie; by Presidential Signature (47) January 6, 1912: NEW MEXICO, Santa Fe; by Presidential Signature (48) February 14, 1912: ARIZONA, Phoenix; by Presidential Signature (49) January 3, 1959: ALASKA, Juneau; by Presidential Signature (50) August 21, 1959: HAWAII, Honolulu; by Presidential Signature AMERICAN "UNION": "12" plus "1" Abraham Lincoln once stated, at his first Presidential Inauguration at Washington, D.C., March 4, 1861 @ 13:56:05 [Oath Sworn], that the American Union is older than the States. Here's confirmation in two historic pre-Independence events: [01] MAY 26 , 1775: Three historic first time Resolves, regarding Defense and Diplomacy, adopted by the Continental Congress, pursuant to the authority of the Continental Asssociation, which by May 1775 had been ratified by 12 of the 13 American colonies. This event marked the creation of the "United Colonies of North America." Finally resolved that day, at 17:14:40 hrs, Lagna 17:21 Libra [12:00 Scorpio, tropical] Exactly 49 years after: on May 26, 1824, the United States Congress ordered the official printing of the the engrossed, signed "Unanimous Declaration of Independence", the edition on permanent display at the National

Archives; autographed by 56 representatives of the delegations of the first 13 States, signed on various dates between July and November 1776. This officially authorized printing was in the form of a true facsimile copy, the source of the copies still sold very cheaply, available to this day. [02] SEPTEMBER 13, 1775: The Georgia delegation presented its credentials to the President of the Continental Congress. Georgia was the 13th colony to join the Union. This event marked the establishment of the "Thirteen United Colonies of America", represented by the Continental Congress. Credentials presented that day at 09:02:26 hrs, Lagna 09:30 Libra [00:13 Scorpio, tropical]. Exactly 2 years & 2 months after [Double 2 = "22"]: on November 13, 1777, the Continental Congress finally Resolved agreement on the text of the Articles of Confederation, which were eventually ratified, in ceremony, by 9 States on July 9,

1778 and the final 13th, in ceremony, on March 1, 1781 @ 12:00 noon LAT. Exactly 13 years after: on September 13, 1788, the Continental Congress Resolved the enactment of the nation's second and lasting Constitution, after the official Government acknowledgment had been taken on July 2, 1788, that the necessary minmum of 9 States' ratifications had been reached on June 21, 1788, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire @ 1:00 p.m. LAT

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