House in which Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of Independence, Seventh and Market Streets, Philadelphia – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique engraving of House in which Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of Independence, Seventh and Market Streets, Philadelphia brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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House in which Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of Independence, Seventh and Market Streets, Philadelphia
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Jefferson drafted much of the Declaration of Independence in the second-floor rooms of this brick house at Seventh and Market Streets in Philadelphia, where he lodged in the summer of 1776 with the family of bricklayer Jacob Graff. The house was a modest rental, not a public building, so its importance rests on what happened inside it during the Continental Congress's debates over independence. By the 1880s, when this wood engraving appeared in *Harper's Weekly*, the building had become a landmark that illustrators and writers used to connect ordinary Philadelphia streets with the nation's founding.
| Created / published | c. 1883 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print, wood engraving |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 27, no. 1373, 1883, April 14, p. 228 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,596 × 2,820 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-204617 |
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