The Declaration of Independence is in the collection of the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/301684 Jefferson’s original drafts are gone, but the rough draft he shared with Benjamin Franklin and John Adams survives in the Library of Congress. One can see their handwritten edits on the document: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/images/draft1.jpg The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were signed in the Assembly Room of the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall: https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/historyculture/places-independencehall-assemblyroom.htm Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams about independence celebrations, 3 July 1776, can be found here: https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L17760703jasecond See an image and read more about Declaration engrosser Timothy Matlack: https://museum.nps.gov/ParkObjdet.aspx?rID=INDE%20%20%2011869%26db%3Dobjects%26dir%3DCR%20INDE%26page%3D1 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-5659 Letter from John Adams to H. Niles about the definition of the American Revolution, 13 February 1818, can be found here: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/john-adams-to-h-niles/ Timeline of the American Revolution: https://www.nps.gov/revwar/about_the_revolution/timeline_of_events.html The 1848 Declaration of Sentiments, which asserts that “all men and women are created equal” https://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/declaration-of-sentiments.htm
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