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Olive Branch Petition (view source)
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==Drafting==
==Drafting==
===Second Constitutional Congress===
===Second Constitutional Congress===
The [[Second Continental Congress]], convened shortly after the [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]], drafted a new petition to the king which was written by [[John Dickinson]]. The petition was adopted July 5, 1775 and finalized July 8th, 1775.
The [[Second Continental Congress]], convened shortly after the [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]], created a Petition Committee to draft a new petition to the king. Members of the committee included [[John Jay]], [[John Rutledge]], Thomas Johnson, [[Benjamin Franklin]], and the petition's main author, [[John Dickinson]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=if3_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA411 King and Congress: The Transfer of Political Legitimacy, 1774-1776]</ref> 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, and Arthur Lee, a Diplomat, to deliver the petition to the king and to be presented on their arrival in England.<ref>[http://archives.nypl.org/mss/22996 Richard Penn and Arthur Lee letters regarding the Olive Branch Petition]</ref> 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, and Arthur Lee, a Diplomat, to deliver the petition to the king and to be presented on their arrival in England.<ref>[http://archives.nypl.org/mss/22996 Richard Penn and Arthur Lee letters regarding the Olive Branch Petition]</ref> 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>