Preserved archival file — virginia-draft-1.jpeg
Unmodified archival response body from https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/DeclarationofIndependence/BattleJoined/Assets/us0033tt_1_enlarge_725.Jpeg
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Virginia Declaration of Rights
The surviving draft supplies manuscript evidence for the development of Virginia’s declaration before the convention adopted its revised text.
About this source
Compare the manuscript with the adopted declaration, especially its formulation of government derived from the people. Use the adopted-text record for final section numbering. These images are a drafting witness, not the adopted engrossment. Exhibition and digital identifiers are supplied; a separate manuscript accession or box/folder number was not verified. Archival links: Custodial record: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/battle-joined.html#obj14 Manuscript image 1: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/DeclarationofIndependence/BattleJoined/Assets/us0033tt_1_enlarge_725.Jpeg Manuscript image 2: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/DeclarationofIndependence/BattleJoined/Assets/us0033tt_2_enlarge_725.Jpeg
- Date
- 1776-05 (draft; distinct from adoption on June 12)
- Credits
- George Mason and Thomas Ludwell Lee
- Reference collection
- George Mason Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Archival identity, document boundaries and provenance reviewed; generated text PDF pages visually checked for layout and continuous source coverage. No independent human proofreading. Two LOC exhibition images of the draft manuscript, hosted unchanged and assembled as an Image PDF. Faint writing and show-through prevent a reliable full transcription from these reproductions. No complete checked transcript is claimed.
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Preserved archival file — virginia-draft-2.jpeg
Unmodified archival response body from https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/DeclarationofIndependence/BattleJoined/Assets/us0033tt_2_enlarge_725.Jpeg
JPEG image · 0.3 MB
Download ↓Reading copy — virginia-draft-image.pdf
Modern reading derivative of the archival source identified on this record; not an original artifact. Layout visually reviewed. Two LOC exhibition images of the draft manuscript, hosted unchanged and assembled as an Image PDF. Faint writing and show-through prevent a reliable full transcription from these reproductions. No complete checked transcript is claimed.
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George Mason Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Holograph draft with amendments. LOC identifies it as a May 1776 manuscript; two linked manuscript images accompany its exhibition record.
Historical primary texts are public domain. Source institutions credited separately. Modern editorial annotations are not licensed for republication by this record.
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