[Declaration] of Amer. Independence, who drafted it, [239] (see [Congress of 1776]);
its character, [239];
fac-simile of original draft, [260];
debates on, [261];
paragraphs omitted from the paper as passed, [261];
changes made in the wording, [261];
early drafts, [261];
essence in earlier tracts of Otis and Sam. Adams, [261];
its literary character, [261];
the original text, [261];