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Olive Branch Petition (view source)
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==Drafting==
==Drafting==
===Second Constitutional Congress===
===Second Constitutional Congress===
Early in its history this second congress had drafted a new petition to the king, written by [[John Dickinson]]. The petition was adopted July 5, 1775 and finalized July 8th, 1775, during the [[Continental Congress#Second Continental Congress|Second Continental Congress]].
Early in its history the [[Second Continental Congress]] had drafted a new petition to the king, written by [[John Dickinson]]. The petition was adopted July 5, 1775 and finalized July 8th, 1775.
On the 8th of July, the Congress assembled at Philadelphia had confided to Richard Penn, governor of Pennsylvania, a petition denominated the ''Olive Branch'' to the king, to be presented on his arrival in England. It arrived in London on August 14 and was was delivered to lord Dartmouth on the 1st of September.<ref name=knight>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d30BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA612|title=Charles Knight's school history of England, abridged from the Popular history of England|date=1865}}</ref>
On the 8th of July, the Congress assembled at Philadelphia had confided to Richard Penn, governor of Pennsylvania, a petition denominated the ''Olive Branch'' to the king, to be presented on his arrival in England. It arrived in London on August 14 and was was delivered to lord Dartmouth on the 1st of September.<ref name=knight>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d30BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA612|title=Charles Knight's school history of England, abridged from the Popular history of England|date=1865}}</ref>