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Authors Of Independence Declaration Were Far From Agreeing On Contents
The July Philadelphia scene shows Continental Congress in night session debating a Declaration of Independence. John Adams and Benjamin Franklin voice doubts while Thomas Jefferson endures litera y vivisection as the document is edited. Clerks count the risks and possible loyalties of figures like Charles Carroll, John Hancock, Sam Huntington, Francis Lewis, John Hart, Richard Stockton, and Benjamin Harrison as they weigh the future of liberty and unity.
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