Reader Recommendations: Declaration of Independence

For anyone interested in the years (1784-1789) that Jefferson and his daughter Martha (Patsy)spent in Paris, this site gives information on fashions, lifestyles, sightseeing, and architecture. It includes a lot about Jefferson's daughter who arrived in Paris at the age of twelve. This site is good for preteens, teens and adults.

Great American Documents is a new website presenting the full wordage from many of the documents and speeches that helped shape American history. According to the webmaster, The site focuses on material that elevated freedom and liberty. We hope Americans enjoy them and are inspired, he added. Among the eighteen documents currently covered is the final draft of Abraham Lincoln�s Emancipation Proclamation and Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Declaration of Sentiments from the first women's rights convention in 1848 held in Seneca Falls, New York. Speeches now include those delivered by Patrick Henry, Frederick Douglass, William Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King and fourteen others.

John Vinci has transcribed the biographies of all the Signers of the Declaration of Independence from an 1829 collection by Rev. Charles Goodrich. The site includes a daily trivia question about the Signers, a Signer of the Day, and a forum for questions and discussions.