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Committee of Five
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The Committee of Five of the Second Continental Congress was a group of five members who drafted and presented to the full Congress in Pennsylvania State House what would become the United States Decl
The Jefferson Memorial depicts the Committee of Five on a pediment sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman.
The Jefferson Memorial depicts the Committee of Five on a pediment sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman.
Congress Voting Independence, by Robert Edge Pine (1784–1788), depicts the Committee of Five in the center
Congress Voting Independence, by Robert Edge Pine (1784–1788), depicts the Committee of Five in the center
Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris' idealized 1900 depiction of (left to right) Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and
Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris' idealized 1900 depiction of (left to right) Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson of the Committee of Five working on the Declaration.
The Committee of Five, pictured on an 1869 U.S. Postal Service 24-cent stamp; the same image also appears on the present two-dollar bill.
The Committee of Five, pictured on an 1869 U.S. Postal Service 24-cent stamp; the same image also appears on the present two-dollar bill.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general.
Committee of Five
…committee operated from June 11, 1776, until July 5, 1776, the day on which the Declaration was published. The committee was composed of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman. The members of this committee were…
Portrait by Joseph Duplessis, 1785
Portrait by Joseph Duplessis, 1785
An 1881 illustration of Franklin's birthplace on Milk Street in Boston
An 1881 illustration of Franklin's birthplace on Milk Street in Boston
A May 2008 photograph of Franklin's birthplace in Boston, commemorated with a bust of Franklin atop the building's second-floor façade
A May 2008 photograph of Franklin's birthplace in Boston, commemorated with a bust of Franklin atop the building's second-floor façade
La scuola della economia e della morale, an 1825 sketch of Franklin
La scuola della economia e della morale, an 1825 sketch of Franklin