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According to Boyd, the first, "original" handwritten draft of the Declaration of Independence that predated Jefferson's Rough draft, was lost or destroyed during the drafting process. [119] It is not known how many drafts Jefferson wrote prior to this one, and how much of the text was contributed by other committee members.
The final draft of the Declaration was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, although the date of its signing has long been disputed. Most historians have concluded that it was signed on August 2, 1776, nearly a month after its adoption, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed.
After discussing the general outline of the document, the Second Continental Congress decided that Jefferson would write the first draft. [6] With Congress's busy schedule, Jefferson had limited time to write the draft over the ensuing 17 days. [7] He then consulted with the others on the committee, who reviewed the draft and made extensive ...
Declaration of Independence, an 1819 portrait by John Trumbull, shows the Committee of Five submitting its draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, voted unanimously to declare independence as the "United States of ...
The first page of Jefferson's rough draft. Thomas Jefferson preserved a four-page draft that late in life he called the "original Rough draft". [5] [6] Known to historians as the Rough Draft, early students of the Declaration believed that this was a draft written alone by Jefferson and then presented to the Committee of Five drafting committee.
On July 4, 1776, a group of American founders pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to found a new nation.
Member of the First and Second Continental Congress; Signed the Continental Association, Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution John Dickinson Known as the "Penman of the Revolution"; wrote the 1774 Petition to the King , the 1775 Olive Branch Petition , the final draft of Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms , and the first ...
This weekend, Americans will hold barbecues and parades to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a document that's endured to this day as an icon of American freedom.