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read before the court-house in Halifax by Cornelius Harnett......Aug. 1, 1776 Joseph Hewes, William Hooper, and John Penn, for North Carolina, sign the Declaration of Independence......Aug. 2, 1776 A congress chosen by election assembles at Halifax, Nov. 12, 1776, frames a constitution for North Carolina not submitted to the people, elects Richard Caswell governor by ordinance, and completes its labors......Dec. 18, 1776. Articles of confederation ratified by North Carolina......April 5, 1778 John Penn, Cornelius Harnett, and John Williams sign the articles of confederation on the part of North Carolina......July 21, 1778 Four hundred North Carolina Whigs under Col. Francis Locke attack a camp of Tories under Lieut.-Col. John Moore, and rout them at Ramsour's Mill, near Lincolnton......June 20, 1780 Battle of Charlotte......Sept. 26, 1780 General Greene successfully conducts his retreat across North Carolina from Cowpens to the river Dan, a distance of 230 miles,