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Thomas Jefferson's

Declaration of Independence
Desk

In 1776 Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration Of Independence on a small, elegant and
convenient traveling desk he designed and had made by his cousin Benjamin Randolph, a famed Philadelphia cabinet maker

In 2013 my brother purchased at auction a small mahogany writing desk for $175 that is remarkably similar to the original on display in a place of pride in the Smithsonian Museum of American History

This website documents the journey taken to put the desk my brother acquired and it's sister replicas in historical perspective as well highlight the significance of the original Relic of the American Revolution

Click any photo to  go The Smithsonian's Jefferson Desk  Page 

Thomas Jefferson declaration of independence desk

 The Original Declaration of Independence Desk

 occupies a place of honor and  pride at the Smithsonian  Museum of American History, in the nation's Capital

 

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