| agent |
Thomas Jefferson (American author, 1743-1826) |
| culturalContext |
American |
| date |
1776 (creation) |
| description |
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776. The political philosophy
of the Declaration was not new; its ideals of individual liberty had already been
expressed by John Locke and the Continental philosophers. What Jefferson did was to
summarize this philosophy in "self-evident truths" and set forth a list of grievances
against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between
the colonies and the mother country.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); http://www.archives.gov/
(accessed 2/23/2009) [description source] |
| inscription |
For full transcription, see <http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html>
For a list of the 56 signers, see <http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_signers_factsheet.html>
|
| location |
National Archives Building (Washington, District of Columbia, United States) [repository]
In the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom
[location note] |
| material |
ink on parchment |
| measurements |
75.56 cm (height) x 62.23 cm (width) |
| relation |
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| rights |
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| source |
Core 4 Sample Database (VCat) |
| stateEdition |
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| stylePeriod |
Eighteenth century |
| subject |
rulers and leaders; typography or calligraphy; United States History Revolution, 1775-1783;
United States. Continental Congress; textual work; independence; social contract;
colonies; England; United States; separation; dissolution
|
| technique |
calligraphy (process); writing (process) |
| textref |
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| title |
Declaration of Independence [popular, true, en] |
| worktype |
manuscripts (document genre) |
