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Revised view of the Declaration of Independence origins and figures
An article argues Thomas Jefferson authored the Declaration due to Mrs. Richard Henry Lee’s illness, cites Lee's June 7 resolution for independence, and notes Jefferson and Adams drafted the document. It revisits signing myths, Carroll's remarks, and the Philadelphia convention’s heat and insects that spurred action.
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Philadelphia
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Committee On Independence
Lee
Virginia
Great Britain
Congress
England
Samuel Adams
South
John Adams
Massachusetts
Journal of Congress
Sanaa
Great Lee
Carroll
John
Richard Fleury
Francis L. Lee
Jefferson
Edward Rutledge
South Carolina
Valley of the Potomac
Old Virginia
Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Sherman
Robert Livingston
R. H. Lee
Hatcock
Adams
Lea
London
Charles Carroll
Maryland
Carrollton
Independence Hall
Andrew
Washington
New York City
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Department of State