Talk:Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
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editIn Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis, he says on page 244 that the Mecklenburg Resolutions were eventually exposed as a forgery. LockeShocke 01:10, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
This article says "Every year on May 20, “Meck Dec Day,” a grand celebration occurs in North Carolina. ". I've lived in NC all my life, and I've never even heard of any such celebration. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.43.203.242 (talk) 15:03, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Dr. Archibald Henderson had a source of as early 1791.
The diary(Charles Caldwell), as reproduced in Dr. Archibald Henderson's comprehensive study of the Presidential journey, Washington's Southern Tour, 1791, continued in considerable detail to record the conversation of the President and the youthful Charles Caldwell:
"He at length inquired of me whether he might expect to meet at Charlotte any of the leading members of the convention which prepared and passed the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, and especially whether my father would be there. I replied that my father was dead, and that Dr. Brevard, the author of the declaration, was also dead; that of the members of the convention still living, I knew personally but two - Adam Alexander, who had been president of the body, and John McKnitt Alexander, his brother, who had been secretary . . . that they lived at some distance from Charlotte, but that I felt confident their ever-green spirit of patriotism, united to their strong desire to see him, would bring them there, should they be able to travel." 2605:A601:9011:DC00:6856:73C0:B48D:C3EE (talk) 14:02, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
Davidson
editThe last line of the article states that Davidson is in Mecklenburg and Iredell Counties. I found no evidence on the official city map that the city limits extend into Iredell County. (http://www.ci.davidson.nc.us/DocumentView.asp?DID=686)If there are no maps showing this I will remove the reference. Suodrak (talk) 09:58, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
- A better place for that discussion would be at the Davidson, North Carolina article, which begins "Davidson is a town in Iredell and Mecklenburg counties...." —Kevin Myers 14:30, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Cites?
editThere are no cites to say that the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is doubted or that it is actually the Mecklenburg Resolves. The article makes it seem as though it is basically universally agreed that the Declaration did not actually exist. However, I think the opposite is true:
http://www.hartslog.org/declar/1775.htm
The text is available at: http://www.cmstory.org/history/hornets/declare.htm --216.55.36.46 (talk) 06:55, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
- Read the entire article and you'll find the citations. We generally don't use the type of websites you list (self-published) as sources for encyclopedia articles; see Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources. I'm not aware of any "reliable source" (by Wikipedia's definition) published in the last 50 years that argued that the Mecklenburg Declaration was authentic. —Kevin Myers 13:25, 25 August 2010 (UTC)