Product Overview
The story of the pursuit of the desk on which Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and the resolution of the problem of duplicate desks - which one in the Smithsonian was the real one? -- With photos, drawings, document illustrations -- Contents: The Events of '76 - Drafts of the Declaration - Gift to a Grandson-in-law - A Relic Comes of Age - Donation to the Nation - The Case of the Duplicate Desks - Congressional Investigation - The Relic Examined - A Later Vintage -- Appendixes; Description of the Jefferson Desk - Department of the Treasury Reproductions of the Jefferson Desk - Later Reproductions of the Jefferson Desk.
