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1. www.monticello.org › thomas-jefferson › jefferson-s-threeTranscript of the Declaration (as adopted) - Thomas Jefferson's ...

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   Read the transcript of the Declaration of Independence, as adopted in Congress on July 4, 1776. Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the rough draft.

2. www.archives.gov › founding-docs › declaration-historyThe Declaration of Independence: A History - National Archives

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   May 14, 2018 · Thomas Jefferson, the drafter of the Declaration, returned from France to assume his duties as the first Secretary of State in March of 1790. Appropriately, those duties now included custody of the Declaration.

3. www.loc.gov › exhibits › declaraDeclaring Independence: Drafting the Documents - Library of...

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   Drafting the Documents. Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia behind a veil of Congressionally imposed secrecy in June 1776 for a country wracked by military and political uncertainties. In anticipation of a vote for independence, the Continental Congress on June 11 appointed Thomas Jefferson, John Adams ...

4. www.britannica.com › topic › Declaration-of-IndependenceDeclaration of Independence - Founding Document, US History ...

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   Jul 5, 2024 · Declaration of Independence - Founding Document, US History, Revolutionary War: The Declaration of Independence was written largely by Jefferson, who had displayed talent as a political philosopher and polemicist in his A Summary View of the Rights of British America, published in 1774. At the request of his fellow committee members he wrote the first draft. The members of the committee made a ...

5. www.biography.com › political-figures › thomas-jeffersonThomas Jefferson: Biography, U.S. President, Founding Father

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   Jul 3, 2024 · Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father of the United States, author of the Declaration of Independence, and America’s third president.

6. www.loc.gov › exhibits › declaraJefferson’s “original Rough draught” of the Declaration of...

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   (This is Professor Julian Boyd's reconstruction of Thomas Jefferson's "original Rough draught" of the Declaration of Independence before it was revised by the other members of the Committee of Five and by Congress.

7. www.archives.gov › founding-docs › declarationThe Declaration of Independence: How Did it Happen? - National...

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   Jul 5, 2024 · Declaring Independence. On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to declare independence. Two days later, it ratified the text of the Declaration. John Dunlap, official printer to Congress, worked through the night to set the Declaration in type and print approximately 200 copies. These copies, known as the Dunlap Broadsides, were sent to various ...