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Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776 / J.L.G. Ferris.
Summary
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams meet at Jefferson's lodgings, on the corner of Seventh and High (Market) streets in Philadelphia, to review a draft of the Declaration of Independence.
K17406 U.S. Copyright Office.
Reproduction of oil painting from series: The Pageant of a Nation.
No. 17.
Copyright by The Foundation Press, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
John Adams, a remarkable political philosopher, served as the second President of the United States (1797-1801), after serving as the first Vice President under President George Washington. "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."
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Date
01/01/1932
Contributors
Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930, artist
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication. No renewal in Copyright office, 11/91.
