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Declaration of Independence Credits:
Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following institutions and individuals for the use of images from their collections:
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Connecticut Historical Society
Free Library of Philadelphia
Layfayette College Art Collection
Library of Congress
Lilly Library
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Musee des Beaux Arts, Carcassonne
Museum of London
National Archives and Records Administration
National Galleries of Scotland
New York Public Library
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Political History Collection
About the Scholar
Rosemarie Zagarri received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 1984. The author of The Politics of Size: Representation in the United States 1776-1850 and A Woman's Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution, she is also the editor of David Humphreys' Life of General Washington with George Washington's 'Remarks.' She has published articles in The Journal of American History, The William and Mary Quarterly, American Quarterly, and Reviews in American History. In the spring of 1993, the Fulbright Commission appointed her Thomas Jefferson Chair in American Studies at the University of Amsterdam. In 1997-98, she received a research Fellowship for College Teachers from the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is currently working on a project dealing with gender and the first political parties.