EVENT: New York Public Library Displaying a Draft of Jefferson’s Vision for the U.S.
EVENT: New York Public Library Showing a Draft of Jefferson’s Vision for the U.S.
One of early America’s most vital documents–written in an mad frame of mind–is on show at the New York Public Library. A draft of the Declaration of Independence, written in Thomas Jefferson’s own hand, suggests that the man who became the third president of the United States was miserable with Congress in the days after July 4, 1776, when the Declaration was ratified…
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