Excerpt from The Declaration of Independence: Illustrated Story of Its Adoption, With the Biographies and Portraits of the Signers and of the Secretary of the Congress The series of portraits of the signers is complete and their artistic excellence will be recognized. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Supplemented with illustrated stories of the lives of Washington, Franklin, Jefferson & other patriots of the Revolution.