The Second Continental Congress abandons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the Army of Great Britain is approaching.
Postscript: Lieutenant General William Howe would enter the city a week later.
[restored 7/30/2021]
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References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1032.
U.S. Senate: The Nine Capitals of the United States
www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm
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