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Clarifying the 1776 Declaration of Independence
Elucidates the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence, detailing Richard Henry Lee and Thomas Jefferson as authors, the July 1 2 4 timeline, Adams and Franklin notes, and debunking common myths such as the Liberty Bell cracking and Washington’s supposed signing. Includes desks, drafts, and signers like Hancock and Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Elmo Scott Watson
John Trumbull
England
Thomas Jefferson
Continental Congress
John Hancock
Congress
Washington
Wranklin
John Ademe
Independence Hall
Richard Henry Lee
Continental ‘Congress
John Adkins
Massachusetts
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Roger Sherman
Robert R. Livingston
Franklin
Gether
Jefferson
Coolidge
John Coolidge
Boston
Adams
American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia
Patent Office
Frankin
Metr
Richard Henry Tee
Delaware
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
New York
Lee
America
God
George
John Dunlap
United
United States of American
United States of America
Charles Thomson
Statehouse
Hancock
Thomson
Emrties
John Marshall
Library of Congress
Timothy Matlack
Thomas McKean
Matthew Thornton
New Hampshire
Thornton
George Washington
Philadelphia
Cambridge
Mass