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VRA Core 4 Example 17: Textual manuscript |
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Work record [refid 4]
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Thomas Jefferson (American author, 1743-1826)
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American
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1776 (creation)
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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.
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National Archives Building (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)[note] In the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom |
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ink on parchment
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75.56 x 62.23 cm (width)
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Core 4 Sample Database (VCat)
[source, description] U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); http://www.archives.gov/ (accessed 2/23/2009)
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Eighteenth century
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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
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calligraphy (process); writing (processes)
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Declaration of Independence [en, popular, preferred]
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manuscripts (document genre)
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Image courtesy National Archives |
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Image record [refid 103]
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The badly faded original was used to create other printed facsimile copies. |
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18 MB
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[imageOf 4, Core 4 Sample Database (VCat)]
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publicDomain
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U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ charters/declaration_zoom_1.html |
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digital imaging
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Overall view of front of parchment
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digital image
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