 | Charles Lanman - 1868 - 648 strani
...voted that a committee be appointed to prepare one. The committee was elected by ballot, and consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston. The Declaration was exclusively the work of Jefferson, to whom the right of draughtIng it belonged,... | |
 | Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson - 1869 - 358 strani
...a declaration in accordance with a resolution offered June 7th, by Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston formed the Committee. The Declaration of Independence was drawn up by Jefferson, assisted by the others... | |
 | Charles Henry Stanley Davis - 1870 - 1040 strani
...allegiance to the King of Great Britain, and to give the assent of this colony to such declarations." While the members of the Assembly were without a dissenting...Declaration of Independence, to which, on the 4th of July, was affixed the signature of Lyman Hall, a native of Wallingford, who was chosen a member of the Continental... | |
 | Robert Henlopen Labberton - 1870 - 268 strani
...Virginia, moved that " these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent statet." Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston were appointed a committee to draft n Declaration of Independence. Jefferson, as chairman, prepared the... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1871 - 366 strani
...Long Island (Aug. 27). — The British army landed on the southwest shore of Long Island. General Put* Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston, composed this committee. ) t During the day the streets of Philadelphia were crowded with people anxious... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1871 - 538 strani
...the two great corollaries of the main proposition were taken up and adopted. At the same time that Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston, all but the last named being of the movement, were appointed the committee to prepare a declaration,... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - 1872 - 902 strani
...July, and a committee appointed to prepare a Declaration of Independence. This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston. Meanwhile, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New Jersey instructed their delegates to vote for the great... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1872 - 304 strani
...meetings in the State House, Philadelphia, and John Hancock was president. 17. Five great Patriots, named Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston, had written a long paper, giving reasons why the Americans ought to be free ; and this, with the words... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1872 - 194 strani
...the annals of the world as the immortal five who drafted the Declaration of Independence, namely : Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston. It is remarkable that the signers of the compact made no allusion to parliament, the law-making power... | |
 | General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York - 1909 - 822 strani
...resolution. A committee was appointed to draft it. All their names are illustrious in American history : Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston. They discussed the various topics to be embraced and called on Jefferson to draw it. He did so and... | |
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This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston. 
