The following is the language of the Bush Declaration dated March 22, 1775. This committee in Harford County decided to show their support for Boston and their disdain for King George by signing this document "at the risque of their lives and fortunes." It has been characterized as the first Declaration of Independence and was signed just three weeks prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord which signaled the beginning of the American Revolution.
Harford County had been separated from Baltimore County just a year earlier and in the interim there was considerable patriotic fervor against the British and their blockade of Boston (and other problems, like taxation). At that time the county seat was Harford Town, or Bush (so named for its location in the "bush country" as compared to most colonial towns on the waterfront, that is, Chesapeake Bay). The Bush Declaration is a document signed by 34 duly elected citizens in Harford County, Maryland on March 22, 1775. describes the historical context of the Bush Declaration in this way:
In this short text, these unique individuals pledged their lives and fortune to support freedom. On March 22, 1775, thirty-four men gathered in a small tavern to sign the historic Bush Declaration.
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