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Mason as Father of the Declaration Emerges in Congress History
In Washington July 1, Dr Gaillard Hunt chief of the Library of Congress manuscripts division discusses the Declaration of Independence. He credits George Mason with early public utterances supporting independence, noting Mason’s June 6 1766 Virginia letter in the Public Ledger as a precursor to Jefferson’s authorship.
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Richard Henry Lee
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