1776, Declaration of Independence brain

1776, Declaration of Independence brain trust. “Before I reported it to the committee, I communicated it separately to Dr. Franklin and Mr. Adams, requesting their corrections, because they were the two members of whose judgments and amendments I wished most to have the benefit,” Thomas Jefferson later reflected on the days leading up to the Continental Congress adopting the Declaration of Independence. John Adams praised both Jefferson’s style, “I was delighted with its high tone and the flights of oratory with which it abounded” and Jefferson’s attempt to include a clause abolishing slavery. http://www.revolution240.com #TBT Throwback Thursday http://ow.ly/i/epbf4