In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands ...
In his first version of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote a scathing indictment of King George for promoting slavery in the New World. The other delegates eventually removed ...
Made by a printer in New Hampshire, this 1776 broadside edition was created to disseminate America's founding document to the ...
Of all his writings, Thomas Jefferson's most famous and far-reaching was undoubtedly his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Although the issue of slavery was widely debated -- both the ...
In reality, the words “Original Declaration of Independence dated July 4th 1776” is written upside down on the back of the ...
Sotheby’s set a landmark record when a Dunlap printing of the Declaration of Independence sold for $8.1 million. This milestone was eclipsed in November of 2021 with the sale of the first ...
One Man’s Epic Quest To Uncover The First, True Declaration of Independence, has the advantage of covering both of those angles. Fleming’s book is largely focused on an event from that second ...
It encapsulates why Independence Day is so important and gives meaningful context into the complexity and deliberation. I suggest listening to it first and then reading the Declaration in full.
The Declaration of Independence, along with the preamble ... Lincoln saw that the line “all men are created equal” had “no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain.” ...