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Using hyperspectral imaging, archivists at the Library of Congress have discovered an erasure Thomas Jefferson made to one of the rough drafts of the Declaration of Independence: ...Jefferson wrote the word "subjects," when he referred to the American public. He then erased that word and replaced it with "citizens," a term he used frequently throughout the final draft. Sloughing off royal servitude sentence by sentence. And just in time for July 4th.
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