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Engraving of Jefferson placing the Declaration before the Continental Congress as Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock look on

Jefferson places the Declaration before the Continental Congress

CREDIT: Savage, Edward, engraver, based on painting by Pine, Robert Edge. "The presentation of the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress." The Library of Congress.



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