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The Declaration of Independence Desk:
In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence on this portable desk of his own design. Featuring a hinged writing board and a locking drawer for papers, pens, and inkwell, the desk was Jefferson's companion as a revolutionary patriot, American diplomat, and president of the United States.
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. 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." |