Thomas Jefferson lived for 50 years (to the day) after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
I think, if upon one of the hundreds if not thousands of times he read it or heard it read, he did not say “Whoa! Wait a second. That isn’t what I intended!”, that declaration would have been reported somewhere.
Great Point!
Not to mention 51 other men signed this document, all of them reasonably intelligent. I’m pretty sure one of them would’ve pointed out a true error and not affix his name to a document that basically would sign away his life. Come on, now.