User:W. A. Sitler

The "lost original" Declaration of independence has been found! It was signed by Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane, initialed by ThJ "As true copy of the original" and sent to the King of Prussia, February 14th, 1777. The document is in the Thomas Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK. According to my reading of the events, Benjamin Franklin was in the printshop of John Dunlap helping with the type setting. Afterwards Franklin simply placed it in his pocket for further use! And, took it to France. There was no National Archives in 1776! This document has 47 changes in the text from the text of Jefferson's Rough Draft. Twelve additional changes in text were made, in the early evening of the 4th, in the final Broadside by the "commee of five"; Franklin, Adams, Jefferson, Livingston and Sherman, plus Hancock and Thomson. Can I prove it! I think I can to anyone who has an open mind! And, that is what I'm hopeing for here! W.A.Sitler, Tulsa, OK swtobill@cox.net