![]() ![]() The committee chose Jefferson to draft their Declaration of Independence. But he was known and respected for his skill as a writer. A shy student of the Enlightenment, Jefferson was not a passionate speaker and said little during the meeting. ![]() They chose John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson.Īt only thirty-three years old, Jefferson was one of the youngest members of Congress. The Congress appointed a committee of five men to draw up a statement explaining why the colonies wanted independence. In early May 1776, Jefferson made a weeklong journey to Philadelphia to be a delegate to the Second Continental Congress. All four pages of the draft were meticulously engraved by Charles Toppan. The Declaration draft engraving was commissioned for the first biography of Thomas Jefferson, Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Boston, and published by Gray and Bowen, 1830. The one-of-a-kind collage pairs a four-page facsimile steel-engraved draft of the Declaration of Independence, printed in 1828, with an engraved portico bust portrait of Thomas Jefferson. About This historical and rare item celebrates one of the most influential writers, politicians, and American Revolutionary figures, Thomas Jefferson. ![]()
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