[jwalsh07]

True. Jefferson actually wrote it but the Frankin was on the committee with Sherman, Adams, Livingston and Franklin.

Did I miss anybody? :-}

[latina4dubya]

Franklin edited it... he changed some of Jefferson's wording... such as, "We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable." Franklin changed it to "self-evident"... things like that...

i've gathered that though Franklin declined invitations to write The Declaration of Independence, he joined the drafting committee and did become Jefferson's major editor... but i do suppose that i could be wrong... in any case, both Franklin and Jefferson both possessed remarkable minds...