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Declaration of Independence Desk

Maker unknown

Thomas Jefferson's portable writing desk, made by Benjamin Randolph and used while Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence.

Date
1775–1776
Collection
National Museum of American History
Reference
PL.031819

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Record

Medium
Wood; brass
Origin
United States
Owner
Smithsonian Institution

Provenance and history

  1. 1775–1776

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A

    americanhistory.si.edu

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Related objects

Also associated with United States Declaration of Independence

Dunlap Broadside, the Flea-Market Copy

John Dunlap, printer

4–5 July 1776