![]() ![]() We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. Declaration of Independence Desk National Museum of American History.The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, Its imaginary value will increase with years, and if he lives to my age, or another half-century, he may see it carried in the procession of our nation's birthday, as the relics of the Saints are in those of the Church." 1775-1776 ID Number PL.031819 catalog number 31819 accession number 67435 Object Name writing box Object Type portable desks Physical Description glass (inkwell material) wood, mahogany (overall material) fabric, baize (part material) Measurements overall: 9 3/4 in x 14 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in 24.765 cm x 37.465 cm x 8.255 cm unfolded: 19 3/4 in x 50.165 cm Place Made United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia used in United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Independence Hall Related Publication Nation of Nations, A Bedini, Silvio A. Coolidge must do me the favor of accepting this. The desk remained in the Coolidge family until April 1880, when the family donated it to the U.S. Jefferson's original gift of an inlaid desk had been lost at sea and his portable writing desk was intended as a replacement. These, gaining strength with time, may, one day, give imaginary value to this relic, for its great association with the birth of the Great Charter of our Independence." On November 14, 1825, Thomas Jefferson wrote to his granddaughter Eleanora Randolph Coolidge to inform her that he was sending his "writing box" as a wedding present. While the drafts of the Declaration of Independence were among the first documents Jefferson penned on this desk, the note he attached under the writing board in 1825 was among the last: "Politics as well as Religion has its superstitions. The desk continued to be Jefferson's companion throughout his life as a revolutionary patriot, American diplomat, and president of the United States. Its words not only established the guiding principles for the new nation, it has served to inspire future generations in America and around the world. ![]() Jefferson would later write that rather than aiming for originality, "it was intended to be an expression of the American mind." On Jthe Continental Congress amended and adopted the declaration. They assigned the task of drafting the declaration to Thomas Jefferson, a delegate from Virginia. By the summer of 1776 members of the Second Continental Congress prepared to declare their independence from Great Britain. It features a hinged writing board and a locking drawer for papers, pens, and inkwell. Object Details associated person Jefferson, Thomas Randolph, Benjamin Description In 1776 Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence on this portable desk of his own design. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art. ![]()
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