August 2 – American Revolution: A parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence is signed by 56 members of Congress (not all of whom had been present on July 4).[2]
^Thomas R. Ryan. Jacob Eichholtz (1776-1842) Archived 2017-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, Lancaster County Historical Society
^Carpenter, Seymour David (1907). Genealogical Notes of the Carpenter Family. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Journal Co. p. 196. Retrieved June 8, 2020.