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I'm 25 and I come from all over New England. I collect old things and share them on the internet. Occasionally other things will find their way in as well.

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04 July 2010, 12:17 pm

Hyperspectral images of a draft of the Declaration of Independence  reveal that it originally used the word ‘subjects’ instead of ‘citizens’  at a critical juncture. After writing “our fellow subjects,” author  Thomas Jefferson scrubbed it out and replaced it with the familiar  alternative.
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Hyperspectral images of a draft of the Declaration of Independence reveal that it originally used the word ‘subjects’ instead of ‘citizens’ at a critical juncture. After writing “our fellow subjects,” author Thomas Jefferson scrubbed it out and replaced it with the familiar alternative.

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