# AC569 - 4/4/1976, #1690 Postcard "Writing the Declaration of Independence 1776"
Postcard Commorates the Writing of the Declaration of Independence
This postcard features Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson as they craft the document that would lead to America's independence. The stamp (#1690) pictures Franklin and is part of the Bicentennial series. It is tied to the postcard with a First Day of Issue postmark from Philadelphia, where the Second Continental Congress was held and approved the Declaration of Independence.
Franklin was the first US Postmaster General, a diplomat to France, and he signed the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. In addition, he was a printer, writer, scientist, and inventor.
The image on the postcard is from a painting by J. L. G. Ferris called "Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776. It is part of a series of paintings Ferris created chronicling American history, titled The Pageant of a Nation.
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Postcard Commorates the Writing of the Declaration of Independence
This postcard features Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson as they craft the document that would lead to America's independence. The stamp (#1690) pictures Franklin and is part of the Bicentennial series. It is tied to the postcard with a First Day of Issue postmark from Philadelphia, where the Second Continental Congress was held and approved the Declaration of Independence.
Franklin was the first US Postmaster General, a diplomat to France, and he signed the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. In addition, he was a printer, writer, scientist, and inventor.
The image on the postcard is from a painting by J. L. G. Ferris called "Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776. It is part of a series of paintings Ferris created chronicling American history, titled The Pageant of a Nation.
Order now to add this postcard to your American History collection.