01782cam a2200277 4500 62440883 TxAuBib 20100420120000.0 080410s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007908142 9780979999710 0979999715 VA@ VA@ DLC TxAuBib Declaring independence : the origin and influence of America's founding document : featuring the Albert H. Small Declaration of Independence Collection / Christian Y. Dupont and Peter S. Onuf, editors. Origin and influence of America's founding document. Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Library, 2010. xiii, [5], 86 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map, facsims ; 34 cm. "Designed by Gibson Design Associates" -- T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references. Preface / David McCullough -- Introduction / Peter S. Onuf -- The road to independence: a timeline -- The essays: Who really wrote the Declaration of Independence? / Pauline Maier. Twenty-seven reasons for independence / Robert G. Parkinson. Thomas Jefferson's strange career as author of independence / Robert M.S. McDonald. The Declaration of Independence in world history / David Armitage -- Signers' gallery -- Document gallery -- The Albert H. Small Declaration of Independence Collection / Christian Y. Dupont -- About the authors -- Photograph and illustration credits -- Epilogue / Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. 20100420. We the people bookshelf on a more perfect union. Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783. McCullough, David G.