This dimension names the place where a historical document was originally created. Wikipedia notes that a primary source's value comes from being made "at the time under study," in a specific place tied directly to the events it records. Browsing this way collects every document that originated in the same place.
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Arbroath, Scotland
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France
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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London, United Kingdom
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New York
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Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France
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Philadelphia
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
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Potsdam, Germany
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Seneca Falls, New York
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United Kingdom
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Washington, D.C., United States
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Wittenberg, Electorate of Saxony (present-day Germany)
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: United States Declaration of Independence
WikipediaUnited States Declaration of Independence, lead section, adoption sentenceQuote, United States Declaration of Independence, lead section, adoption sentence
On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the Second Continental Congress, who were convened at the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence Hall, in Philadelphia.
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