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The Declaration of Independence : the evolution of the text
- Title
- The Declaration of Independence : the evolution of the text / by Julian P. Boyd ; edited by Gerard W. Gawalt.
- Author
- Boyd, Julian P. (Julian Parks), 1903-1980.
- Publication
- Washington : Library of Congress in association with the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation ; Hanover : Distributed by University Press of New England, 1999.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-USLHG E221 .B69 1999 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gawalt, Gerard W.
- Description
- 102 pages : color illustrations; 34 cm
- Summary
- "For more than fifty years, Jefferson scholar Julian P. Boyd's study of the evolution of the text of the Declaration of Independence, which the Library of Congress published while the nation was in the throes of World War II, has remained the preeminent textual presentation of the most fundamental document of the United States. The Declaration of Independence: The Evolution of the Text (1943) was part of the nationwide undertaking meant to celebrate America's fundamental freedom in conjunction with the bicentennial of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. Out of print now for more than forty years, Boyd's study brought together photographic reproductions of all known drafts of the document in one large-format book. In this new edition edited by Gerard W. Gawalt, specialist in American history at the Library of Congress, a fragment of a document unknown to scholars in 1943, the earliest surviving composition fragment of the Declaration, is reproduced in color for the first time. Gawalt explains how the discovery of this fragment sheds light on the process of drafting the Declaration of Independence."--Jacket.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Preface: Specialist in Early American History Manuscript Division, Library of Congress / Gerard W. Gawalt 9 -- Foreword: Librarian of Congress from 1939 to 1944 / Archibald MacLeish 13 -- The Drafting of the Declaration of Independence: Historian, The Thomas Jefferson Bicentennial Commission Editor, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, from 1943 to 1980 / Julian P. Boyd 15 -- Document I George Mason's Draft of the Virginia Bill of Rights, 1776 41 -- Document II Jefferson's "First Ideas" on the Virginia Constitution, 1776 47 -- Document III Richard Henry Lee Resolution of Independence 51 -- Document IIIa Fragment of the Earliest Known Draft of the Declaration of Independence, Written by Thomas Jefferson in June 1776 55 -- Document IV John Adams' Copy of Jefferson's Original Draft 59 -- Document V Jefferson's Rough Draft of The Declaration of Independence 65 -- Document VI Copy of the Declaration Made by Jefferson for Richard Henry Lee 73 -- Document VII Unidentified Copy of the Declaration Made by Jefferson [Cassius F. Lee Copy] 79 -- Document VIII Copy of the Declaration Made by Jefferson for James Madison 85 -- Document IX Unidentified Copy of the Declaration Made by Jefferson [The Washburn Copy] 91 -- Document X The First Printing of the Declaration, As Inserted in the Rough Journal of Congress 97.
- Call Number
- E221
- ISBN
- 0844409804
- 9780844409801
- LCCN
- 98054837
- OCLC
- 40542958
- Author
- Boyd, Julian P. (Julian Parks), 1903-1980.
- Title
- The Declaration of Independence : the evolution of the text / by Julian P. Boyd ; edited by Gerard W. Gawalt.
- Imprint
- Washington : Library of Congress in association with the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation ; Hanover : Distributed by University Press of New England, 1999.
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
- Gawalt, Gerard W.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Boyd, Julian P. (Julian Parks), 1903-1980. Declaration of Independence. Rev. ed. Washington : Library of Congress in association with the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation ; Hanover : Distributed by University Press of New England, 1999 (OCoLC)654280366
- Research Call Number
- *R-USLHG E221 .B69 1999