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The Writing of the Declaration and the Liberty Bell
A compact chronicle surveys the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Mecklenburg declaration’s influence, Jefferson’s drafting process, Hancock and Franklin at the signing, and the fate of the Liberty Bell. It notes key figures like Adams, Jefferson, Henry, and Carroll, and recalls Independence Hall’s scene and the bell’s enduring symbolism.
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Patrick Henry
Henry
Christopher Gadsden
England
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Adams
Philadelphia
Jefferson
Liberty
Continental Congress
First Continental Concent
Great Britain
Mecklenburg
North Carolina
Mecklenbure
Lexington
George
Independence Hall
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Massachusetts
Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Market and
Seventh Streets
Grast
Library of the
State Department
Washington
State House
United Colonies
United States
Mes
John Hancock
Sterling
John Bull
Hancock
Stephen Hopkins
Rhode Inland
Charles Carroll
Maryland
Carrollton
Carroll
Benjamin Harrison
Franklin
Eldridge Gerry
Matthew Thornton
Cesar Rodney
Thomas McKean
McKean
Charles Thompson
Independence Square
David Rittenhouse
John Nixon
Council of Safety of Pennsylvania
Timesy
Angiesuner
New York City
Rhode Island
Dolly Madison
Department of the
Pate
John Quincy Adams
Blate
Sean
Edward Rutledge
South Carolina
John Trumbull
Capitol
France
Robert Charles
America
Province of Pennsylvania