The Document That Made Americans Freemen
Fullerton L. Waldo’s Philadelphia Ledger piece recounts how Jefferson and Adams drafted the Declaration of Independence, with Jefferson carrying the manuscript and Adams urging restraint on the denunciation of King George. It follows Caesar Rodney and Delaware’s pivotal July 4 vote, the unanimous colony result, and the celebratory Philadelphia scene as Independence Hall debated and ratified the declaration.
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John Adame
Thomas Jefferson
Fullerton L. Waldo
Philadelphia Ledger
Lttle
Jefferson
Adams
Massachusetts
North
Congress
Timothy Pickering
George
Paul Revere
Philip Sheridan
Delaware
Pennsylvania
State House
Caesar Rodney
Rodney
Colonies
New York
Lossing
Thomson
State Department
Washington
Buffalo
McKean
Pennagylvania
Dover
Byfield
Key Mansion to Be Star Spangled Banner Memorial
Washington DC landmark Francia Scott Key mansion in Georgetown undergoes restoration to become a national memorial museum. Efforts by Admiral Dewey, local patrons, and the Francia Scott Key Memorial Association aim to acquire the property, raise funds, and display relics including the Star Spangled Banner. The project mirrors Mount Vernon and Betsy Ross house efforts, with planned public access and exhibits on Key and his era.
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HHRH
United States
Francia Scott Key
Old
Georgetown
The
Potomac
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
George Washington
Key
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Schrey
Khey
Mount Vernon
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Lincoln
Ilinois
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Key Mansion
Aity
Washington
Francia Scott Key Memorial Association
Memorial Association
Boston
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Charles H. Weisgerber
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross Homa
Quaker City
Patriot and Poet Purchase Plan Highlighted by Subscriptions
The text describes a patriotic purchase plan funded by small subscriptions to widen participation, contrasting it with wealthier donations. It recalls a similar approach in Philadelphia's Betsy Ross House restoration, noting the desire for broad public involvement and multiple contributors.
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Betsy Rosa
Philadelphia
Four lines of May reflections and a double death anniversary
The poem contrasts pleasures of nature and art with boyish joy in gunpowder on Independence Day. It notes Adams and Jefferson dying near the 1776 centennial and describes Adams’s final toast and Jefferson’s last words on July Fourth, capturing a dramatic national coincidence.
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Falka
Adams
Jefferson
John Adams
James Jefferson
Belle
Cannon
Subwertbore Route Proposed to Pilbueg Gazette
Fragmentary note details a planned route titled Subwertbore toward Pilbueg Gazette. Limited readable words indicate a transit or mapping item with unclear scope and no dates or officials identifiable.
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Rane Ae
Pilbueg
Sito
Road Masters Reports for sale in neat books of 100
Old catalog note offers Road Masters Reports bound in sets of 100 with stube and duplicate report, priced 36 cents in the office and 45 cents by mail. Large quantities available at lower prices.
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Mall
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Wriges
Stresta
Patriota
Penn
Pomir” Rh
Iposododooe
Charlies H. Weisgerter
Corot
Michael Angelo
Adelina Patti
L. Pattison Co
L. Pattison Company
Kornblum
Pittsburg
Indiana
H. B. Buterbaugh’s
Tenome
Indians County
Penmaes
Indiana Hardware CO
Indiana Hardware Company
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