Thomas's Big Job-- Part 1: The Declaration of Independence

From the July 4, 2018, Chicago Sun-Times  "Spirit of '76, Part 2:  If you're lost, check the map" by Neil Steinberg.

"It is essentially a memo drafted by a committee, albeit one that had the good sense to delegate the work to the best writer in the group, Thomas Jefferson.

"The 33-year-old Virginian required -- anyone sweating a deadline please take note --  18 days to turn around his assignment, writing the first draft of the Declaration of Independence in quill and ink in his rented two-room suite at the home of Philadelphia bricklayer Jacob Graff."

This document formally announces our break from Great Britain.

--Brock-Perry