INFLUENCES:
The English political theorist John Locke is usually cited as one of the primary influences on the Declaration. Historian Garry Wills argued that Jefferson was influenced by the Scottish Enlightenment, particularly Francis Hutcheson, rather than Locke. Historian David Armitage argues that the first sentence of the Declaration was strongly influenced by Emerich de Vattel's The Law of Nations. Benjamin Franklin said of this book in December 1775 that it was "continually in the hands of the members of our Congress."
SIGNING:
The date when the Declaration was signed has long been the subject of debate. Within a decade after the event, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that the Declaration had been signed by Congress on July 4, 1776.
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