* (vi) Would inevitably
* (vii) Doctor Witherspoon, who was a Scotchman by birth, moved the striking out of the word Scotch.
Note. This draft is in the handwriting of Mr. Jefferson. The amendments were made by Dr. Franklin and John Adams. The alterations, by interlining, in the portion here given, are in the handwriting of Mr. Adams. It will be perceived, by a comparison, that nearly the whole of this paragraph was omitted in the Declaration adopted on the 4th of July.