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bigtree

(86,040 posts) Tue Jul 4, 2017, 08:27 AM Jul 2017

Jefferson's "Original Rough Draught" of Declaration of Independence

Michael Beschloss? @BeschlossDC 18h18 hours ago

Thomas Jefferson's “Original Rough Draught" of Declaration of Independence (with revisions by John Adams & Benjamin Franklin)

twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/881943887387934720

more: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/ruffdrft.html

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Jefferson's "Original Rough Draught" of Declaration of Independence (Original Post) bigtree Jul 2017 OP

» bigtree Jul 2017 #1

And an amazing recording from that era gratuitous Jul 2017 #2

heh bigtree Jul 2017 #3

Its a draft BSdetect Jul 2017 #4

"Draught" bigtree Jul 2017 #5

I'd like to be able to read the crossed-out sections Expecting Rain Jul 2017 #6

more here bigtree Jul 2017 #7

bigtree

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Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Jul 4, 2017, 11:04 AM

Jul 2017

gratuitous

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2. And an amazing recording from that era

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Jul 4, 2017, 11:21 AM

Jul 2017

Nobody knows how it survived or even how it was recorded. But Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are heard discussing the Declaration of Independence:

bigtree

(86,040 posts)

3. heh

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 4, 2017, 01:05 PM

Jul 2017

BSdetect

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4. Its a draft

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Jul 4, 2017, 01:44 PM

Jul 2017

bigtree

(86,040 posts)

5. "Draught"

Reply to BSdetect (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 4, 2017, 02:09 PM

Jul 2017

draught:

British spelling of draft, , , .

Expecting Rain

(811 posts)

6. I'd like to be able to read the crossed-out sections

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Jul 4, 2017, 02:12 PM

Jul 2017

With the use of modern technology, have the original words been deciphered?

bigtree

(86,040 posts)

7. more here

Reply to Expecting Rain (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 4, 2017, 02:24 PM

Jul 2017

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/ruffdrft.html

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