Precursors to the Preamble: Other Declarations
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Patrick Hastings
1mo ago
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blogs.loc.govPrecursors to the Preamble: Other Declarationsloc.govThomas Jefferson was one of many of his contemporaries who drafted documents that declared, proclaimed, or otherwise argued for American political rights. The Declaration of Independence was like other texts published during the Revolutionary Era in expressing commonly held principles in sometimes strikingly similar language. The Library of Congress holds many of these documents within its collections.
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