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No. Thomas Jefferson wrote it with the help of Franklin and Adams giving input. You may be mistaking Philip for Robert Livingston, who was a member of the Committee of Five who drafted the Declaration.
Congress selected a committee to draft a declaration of independence. The committee was composed of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in late June, 1776. With him on the drafting committee were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
Thomas Jefferson, who became the third president of the US (from 1801 to 1809), was the principal author of the famous document in 1776. He was a member of the five-man committee charged with preparing the declaration, along with Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, Roger Sherman, and future president John Adams.Thomas Jefferson became the 3third president and wrote the declaraton of independence
Thomas Jefferson. He had input of a committee that included Ben Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert L Livingston, but he wrote the Declaration and had to revise it 6 times before it was approved.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in late June, 1776. With him on the drafting committee were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
Thomas Jefferson. The Continental Congress assigned five people to a committee to write the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson, one of the members of the Committee, was asked by the others to write the first draft. Benjamin Franklin and another future President, John Adams, were also members of the committee and made a few comments, but the Declaration as adopted by the Continental Congress was essentially the same as Jefferson's draft.