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" July; and at the same time, it was voted that a committee be appointed to prepare a Declaration to the effect of the resolution. This committee was elected by ballot, on the following day, and consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin,... "
Portrait and Biographical Album of Mahaska County, Iowa: Containing Full ... - Page 27
1887 - 552 pages
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The Lives and Graves of Our Presidents

George Sumner Weaver - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1883 - 612 pages
...June, 1776, congress resolved to appoint a committee of five to prepare a declaration of independence. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston were that committee, chosen by ballot. John Adams says Jefferson had one more vote than any of the...
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Thomas Jefferson

John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1883 - 394 pages
...might be ready at once when it should be wanted. The members, in the order of choice by ballot, were : Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston. For the last hundred years one of the first facts taught to any child of American birth is, that Jefferson...
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Portrait and Biographical Album of Gratiot County, Mich

Governors - 1884 - 848 pages
...silent member, his abilities as a writer and a reasoner soon become known, and he was placed щюп a number of important committees, and was chairman...Congress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made in ¡t by Congress, and it was passed and signed July 4, 1776. What must have been the feelings of that...
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History of the Formation of the Union Under the Constitution: With Liberty ...

United States. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission - Political Science - 1941 - 904 pages
...of their constituents; but a committee was appointed to draft a declaration. The members of it were Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston. Jefferson wrote the draft. The resolution for independence was adopted on July 2, 1776, by the Congress, so that...
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Luther League Review, Volumes 31-32

Church work with youth - 1918 - 794 pages
...page 6.) passed July 2. A committee to draw up a declaration of independence was appointed, consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingstone. That they did their work in a Christian spirit and with a high sense of right and justice...
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The Formation of the Union, an Exhibit: The Declaration of Independence, the ...

National Archives (U.S.) - United States - 1952 - 44 pages
...the Lee Resolution, Congress elected a committee of five to prepare the Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston. On June II Congress also passed resolutions that committees be appointed to prepare a plan of confederation...
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The Formation of the Union: A Documentary History Based Upon an Exhibit in ...

United States. National Archives and Records Service - Constitutional history - 1970 - 84 pages
...to July 2d 177(1. The committee of five elected to prepare the Declaration of Independence included Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston (document 12). The Lee Resolution was again before Congress for action on July i. After considerable...
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American Colonial Prose: John Smith to Thomas Jefferson

Mary Ann Radzinowicz - Literary Criticism - 1984 - 300 pages
...are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States'. A few days later a committee composed of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston was appointed to 'prepare a declaration to the effect of the first resolution'. Jefferson wrote a first...
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A Child's Story of America

Michael J. McHugh, Charles Morris, Edward J. Shewan - Juvenile Fiction - 1998 - 210 pages
...of an English king; therefore, a paper was written by a member from Virginia named Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston were appointed to prepare the Declaration of Independence. with the help of four others appointed by...
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American Aurora: A Democratic-Republican Returns: The Suppressed History of ...

Richard N. Rosenfeld - History - 1998 - 1012 pages
...of articles of confederation to be proposed to the States . . . The committee of independence were Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston. Mr. Jefferson had been now about a year a member of Congress, but had attended his duty in the house...
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