Fifty-six chosen men met in Philadelphia, summer 1776, to write a Declaration of Independence to be sent to the King of England. Young Thomas Jefferson, only thirty-three, would be chosen to write the Declaration. Even though the committee chosen by the 2nd Continental Congress to write it was also made up of such leaders as John Adams, Ben Franklin, and Roger Sherman, those men chose Jefferson because of his gift for expression and his knowledge, though so young, of law (as rooted in the Bible).
It was a difficult time for Jefferson: He and his wife had lost a child less than a year before; Continue reading
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