Ben Franklin and the Declaration Of Independence - When Benjamin Franklin returned to Philadelphia in 1775, his opinion on the matter of American Independence had fully formed.
Franklin made only a few changes, some of which can be viewed written in his own hand on what Jefferson referred to as the 'rough draft' of the Declaration. (This remarkable document is at the Library of Congress and on its Web site.) The most important of his edits was small but resounding.
Ben Franklin and the Declaration Of Independence - When Benjamin Franklin returned to Philadelphia in 1775, his opinion on the matter of American Independence had fully formed.
Franklin made only a few changes, some of which can be viewed written in his own hand on what Jefferson referred to as the 'rough draft' of the Declaration. (This remarkable document is at the Library of Congress and on its Web site.) The most important of his edits was small but resounding.
