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1 day ago · Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration, largely wrote the first draft of the Declaration in isolation between June 11, 1776, and June 28, 1776, from the second floor of a three-story home he was renting at 700 Market Street in Philadelphia.
3 days ago · Matthew Thornton. Back to Main Declaration Page. Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling and punctuation reflects the original.
1 day ago · Declaration of Independence, in U.S. history, document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain.
2 days ago · Then Rodney went with his former collaborators, Thomas McKean and George Read, to be delegates for Delaware in the First Continental Congress. During his time in the Continental Congress, however, Rodney periodically returned to Delaware for military or political duties (he was a militia colonel).
6 days ago · The Declaration of Independence was drafted in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson and four other members of the Second Continental Congress, including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and...
2 days ago · Thomas McKean. Maryland Samuel Chase William Paca Thomas Stone Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Virginia George Wythe Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Harrison Thomas Nelson, Jr. Francis Lightfoot Lee Carter Braxton. North Carolina William Hooper Joseph Hewes John Penn. South Carolina Thomas Heyward, Jr. Edward Rutledge Thomas Lynch ...
2 days ago · Wed, July 3, 2024, 9:35 PM EDT · 7 min read. Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 248 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of Independence. America can — and must — ensure that all its people, created equal, can embrace their ...
