The Declaration House, also known as the Graff House, built in 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the rental home of Thomas Jefferson, then a 33-year-old delegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress. Here, he drafted America's Declaration of Independence. Graff was Jacob Graff, Jr., a bricklayer who constructed the house

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The Declaration House, also known as the Graff House, built in 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the rental home of Thomas Jefferson, then a 33-year-old delegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress. Here, he drafted America's Declaration of Independence. Graff was Jacob Graff, Jr., a bricklayer who constructed the house

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Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-highsm-56726 (original digital file)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

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The Declaration House, also known as the Graff House, built in 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the rental home of Thomas Jefferson, then a 33-year-old delegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress. Here, he drafted America's Declaration of Independence. Graff was Jacob Graff, Jr., a bricklayer who constructed the house

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