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Jefferson was all ready a member of the Second Continental Congress and was known to be a gifted writer, so at the age of 33 was asked to draft the Declaration of Independence. He was an avid reader and had a vast library so he had read the Enlightenment thinking on government ( years later he donated 6,000 books to start the Library of Congress). A five man committee was appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence and they chose Jefferson to author the first draft, selecting him for what John Adams called his " happy talent for composition and singular felicity of expression." It took him 17 days to write one of the most powerful statements on liberty and equality.

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