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Preservation of the Declaration of Independence in the State Department
A historical overview details the careful safeguarding of the Declaration of Independence kept in the Washington State Department. It explains the security measures since 1894 and 1902, the original drafting by Thomas Jefferson, and the desk Jefferson used, plus exhibits of related documents and the debates over Jeffersons authorship with Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Sam
United States
Secretary of State
Philadelphia
State Department
Thomson
John Dunlap
The
Continental Congress
Congress
Dunlap
Department of Foreign Affairs
Department of State
Patent Office
State
War
Navy
Chicago
John Hay
National Academy of Sciences
Agassiz
National Academy
John S. Billings
Ira Remsen
Charles F. Chandler
Hay
A. H. Allen
Bureau of Rolls and Library
Wilbur M. Gray
Army Medical Museum
Republic
John A. Tanner
Division of Rolls and Library
Jefferson
Franklin
Adams
Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
Joseph Coolidge, Jr
Miss Randolph
Mr. Coolidge
Ben Randall
Monticello
Reavenc U
John Adams
Mr. Adams
Committee of Independence
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Sherman
Robert R. Livingston
Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
Jeferson
Mr. Jefferson
Pickering
Frankfort
Great Britain