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Rev. ed. |
| Description |
102 pages : color illustrations ; 34 cm |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Preface: Specialist in Early American History Manuscript Division, Library of Congress / Gerard W. Gawalt -- Foreword: Librarian of Congress from 1939 to 1944 / Archibald MacLeish -- The Drafting of the Declaration of Independence: Historian, The Thomas Jefferson Bicentennial Commission Editor, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, from 1943 to 1980 / Julian P. Boyd -- Document I. George Mason's Draft of the Virginia Bill of Rights, 1776 -- Document II. Jefferson's "First Ideas" on the Virginia Constitution, 1776 -- Document III. Richard Henry Lee Resolution of Independence -- Document IIIa. Fragment of the Earliest Known Draft of the Declaration of Independence, Written by Thomas Jefferson in June 1776 -- Document IV. John Adams' Copy of Jefferson's Original Draft -- Document V. Jefferson's Rough Draft of The Declaration of Independence -- Document VI. Copy of the Declaration Made by Jefferson for Richard Henry Lee -- Document VII. Unidentified Copy of the Declaration Made by Jefferson [Cassius F. Lee Copy] -- Document VIII. Copy of the Declaration Made by Jefferson for James Madison -- Document IX. Unidentified Copy of the Declaration Made by Jefferson [The Washburn Copy] -- Document X. The First Printing of the Declaration, As Inserted in the Rough Journal of Congress. |
| Summary |
"For more than fifty years, Jefferson scholar Julian P. Boyd's study of the evolution of the text of the Declaration of Independence, which the Library of Congress published while the nation was in the throes of World War II, has remained the preeminent textual presentation of the most fundamental document of the United States. The Declaration of Independence: The Evolution of the Text (1943) was part of the nationwide undertaking meant to celebrate America's fundamental freedom in conjunction with the bicentennial of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. Out of print now for more than forty years, Boyd's study brought together photographic reproductions of all known drafts of the document in one large-format book. In this new edition edited by Gerard W. Gawalt, specialist in American history at the Library of Congress, a fragment of a document unknown to scholars in 1943, the earliest surviving composition fragment of the Declaration, is reproduced in color for the first time. Gawalt explains how the discovery of this fragment sheds light on the process of drafting the Declaration of Independence."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
United States. Declaration of Independence -- Criticism, Textual.
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Declaration of Independence (United States) (OCoLC)fst01356069
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Added Author |
Gawalt, Gerard W.
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| ISBN |
0844409804 |
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9780844409801 |
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