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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1847 in Liberia .
July 5 – The constitutional convention, which would produce the 1847 Liberian constitution as well as the Liberian Declaration of Independence, first convenes.[1]
July 26 – The Liberian Declaration of Independence is approved, founding the Republic of Liberia as an independent nation.[2]
July 28 – The Liberian constitution is approved by the constitutional convention.[2]
August 24 – The flag of Liberia , created by a committee of Liberian women headed by Susannah Elizabeth Lewis, is adopted.[3] [4]
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Full date unknown – John B. Gripon , signatory of the Liberian Declaration of Independence, (b. 1809 in the United States)[6]
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