A few days after the Continental Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat down and started writing. The 33-year-old Virginia statesman dashed ...

He lies awake at night worried about commas and ampersands, picturing in his mind the subtle differences in handwriting between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Sometimes he'll get up and wander into ...

Only 26 known original copies of the Declaration of Independence are said to exist. For two days only, one of those copies will be on display at the Arizona History Museum, 949 E. Second St. Between ...

The Boston Public Library houses an extraordinary collection of rare and historic documents, including treasured copies of the Declaration of Independence. Central to this collection are several July ...

Both documents were signed during significant American wars. The first Declaration was signed during the American Revolution ...