Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace,
contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and
Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of
this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine
Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and
our sacred Honor.





Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton





William Hooper
Joseph Hewes
John Penn





Edward Rutledge
Thomas Heyward, Jr.
Thomas Lunch, Jr.