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03 Jul 2010 14:12

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U.S.: Thomas Jefferson’s eraser no match for modern technology

  • citizens How the Declaration of Independence refers to people who live in the United States of America. A pretty good description.
  • subjects What Jefferson originally wrote – something which he tried to erase but historians figured out earlier this year. Oops. source

03 Jul 2009 17:13

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U.S.: We declare this Declaration of Independence to have killer timing

British-discovered Declaration of Independence
  • This early version of the Declaration of Independence was discovered a few months ago and verified conveniently just before the 4th of July. Great job on that whole timing thing, National Archives! source