Thomas Jefferson Quotes
Will Doctor Franklin be so good as to peruse it and suggest such alterations as his more enlarged view of the subject will dictate?
See {642956} for an example of Franklin’s changes.
Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, 3rd President of the United States (Democratic Republican, VA), Note that Jefferson sent to Benjamin Franklin asking him to review Jefferson’s draft of The Declaration of Independence
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Jefferson, like most authors, chafed with the changes made to his “masterpiece.” He had earlier asked Franklin to edit the document who did so lightly—see {604295} and {642956}
Jefferson, who drafted the declaration, asked Franklin to edit it—see {604295}. This phrase was suggested as a replacement for Jefferson’s original: “We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable.”
Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He had previously served as the second vice president of the United States under John Adams between 1797 and 1801. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, motivating American colonists to break from the Kingdom of Great Britain and form a new nation; he produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national levels.
