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Thomas Jefferson, by Rembrandt Peale

American Revolution: Continental Congress

Thomas Jefferson, by Rembrandt Peale

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) , a Virginian, drafted the Declaration of Independence in the early summer of 1776.

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