"You have asked me -- and many others similarly preoccupied by the mystery of the original of our national Declaration of Independence -- what I have ... The incendiary text, produced after a period ...

click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document ... far-reaching was undoubtedly his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Although the issue of slavery was ...

The content of the Declaration of Independence was not entirely original. In addition to borrowing from his own writing, Jefferson relied on other declarations and pamphlets of the time ...

On June 11, 1776, the Second Continental Congress assigned five delegates to write the first draft of the Declaration of Independence ... as an editor of the original draft.

President Donald Trump asked “alarmed” aides for the original Declaration of Independence to be moved to the Oval Office, according to a report. The historic and treasured document is ...

Trump eventually decided to leave the original Declaration of Independence at the National Archives: … To the relief of aides, subsequent discussions appear to have focused on the possibility of ...

The Declaration demanded separation from the ... Amendments 13-15 tried to clean up our original sin of slavery, and Amendment 19 dealt with discrimination against women voting.

One Man’s Epic Quest To Uncover The First, True Declaration of Independence ... seen as a hoax (aided by a fire that destroyed the original, and by disputes about various copies) and an attempt ...