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Declaration of Independence (Handwritten Draft)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Thomas Jefferson  (1743–1826)  wikidata:Q11812 s:en:Author:Thomas Jefferson q:en:Thomas Jefferson
 
Thomas Jefferson
Alternative names
President Jefferson; T. Jefferson
Description American teacher, cryptographer, architect, lawyer, writer and diplomat
Date of birth/death 2 April 1743 (in Julian calendar) Edit this at Wikidata 4 July 1826 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Shadwell Monticello
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creator QS:P170,Q11812
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manuscript (Q87167)
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Declaration of Independence (Handwritten Draft)
Description
First page of the second draft of the Declaration of Independence, in hand of Thomas Jefferson, received by Richard Henry Lee.
Date 1776
date QS:P571,+1776-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q105589776
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Richard Henry Lee Papers (Mss.B.L51)
References Hays, Isaac Minis (1898). "A Note on the History of the Jefferson Manuscript Draught of the Declaration of Independence in the Library of the American Philosophical Society". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 37.
Source APS Digital Library


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