Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776 by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, 1932 San Francisco shoemakers

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Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776 by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, 1932 San Francisco shoemakersABOUT THIS PRINT This is an early twentieth century depiction of one of the most famous episodes in American history. It frames the moment in June 1776 when Thomas Jefferson (standing) passed his draft of the Declaration of Independence to Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. We can see Franklin, who worked for so many years as a printer in Philadelphia, locked in concentration as he scans the text. He would have been the very first person to reads words