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The Declaration of Independence : the evolution of the text
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- Creator
- by Julian P. Boyd ; edited by Gerard W. Gawalt
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Revised edition
- Washington : Library of Congress in association with the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc. ; Hanover [NH] ; London : Distributed by University Press of New England, 1999
- Physical Details
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- 102 pages : color illustrations, facsimiles ; 34 cm
- ISBNs
- 0844409804, 9780844409801, 9780844495446, 0844495441
- OCLC
- ocm40542958, ocn923212845
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-102).
- Preface / Gerard W. Gawalt -- Foreword / Archibald MacLeish -- The Drafting of the Declaration of Independence / Julian P. Boyd -- Jefferson's Drafts of the Declaration of Independence and Related Documents in Photoreproduction. Document I. George Mason's Draft of the Virginia Bill of Rights, 1776. Document II. Jefferson's "First Ideas" on the Virginia Constitution, 1776. Document III. Richard Henry Lee Resolution of Independence. Document IIIA. Fragment of the Earliest Known Draft of the Declaration of Independence, Written by Thomas Jefferson in June 1776. Document IV. John Adam's Copy of Jefferson's Original Draft. Document V. Jefferson's Rough Draft of The Declaration of Independence. Document VI. Copy of the Declaration Made by Jefferson for Richard Henry Lee. Document VII. Unidentified Copy of the Declaration Made by Jefferson [Cassius F. Lee Copy]. Document VIII. Copy of the Declaration Made by Jefferson for James Madison. Document IX. Unidentified Copy of the Declaration Made by Jefferson [The Washburn Copy]. Document X. The First Printing of the Declaration, As Inserted in the Rough Journal of Congress