<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> orders the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> to be read out to members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Army" id="mwkA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, while thousands of British troops on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Staten Island">Staten Island</a> prepare for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Long Island">Battle of Long Island</a>.<sup about="#mwt46" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_9#cite_note-7" id="mwlA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwlQ">[7]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"><cite about="#mwt43" class="citation magazine cs1" id="CITEREFImmerwahr2023">Immerwahr, Daniel (31 January 2023). <span class="id-lock-subscription" id="mwBw0" title="Paid subscription required"><a class="external text" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/03/george-washington-burn-new-york-great-fire-1776/672780/" id="mwBw4" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Did George Washington Burn New York?"</a></span>. <i id="mwBw8">The Atlantic</i>. Vol.<span id="mwBxA" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>331, no.<span id="mwBxE" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>2. p.<span id="mwBxI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>74. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISSN_(identifier)" id="mwBxM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a><span id="mwBxQ" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1072-7825" id="mwBxU" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">1072-7825</a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBxY">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBxc">16 February</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt43" class="Z3988" id="mwBxg" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Atlantic&amp;rft.atitle=Did+George+Washington+Burn+New+York%3F&amp;rft.volume=331&amp;rft.issue=2&amp;rft.pages=74&amp;rft.date=2023-01-31&amp;rft.issn=1072-7825&amp;rft.aulast=Immerwahr&amp;rft.aufirst=Daniel&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fmagazine%2Farchive%2F2023%2F03%2Fgeorge-washington-burn-new-york-great-fire-1776%2F672780%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJuly+9"></span></span>