FOUNDING FATHERS

The 20 sources are:
1. Painting titled Portrait of Samuel Adams by John Singleton Copley: Adams points at the Massachusetts Charter, which he regarded as a document that protected the rights of the people (1722)
2. Photograph of three-pence Pennsylvania colonial currency printed by Benjamin Franklin (1764)
3. Painting titled Portrait of John Hancock by John Singleton Copley (1765)
4. Transcript of the last few paragraphs of a letter from John Adams to his wife, discussing the Declaration of Independence (July 3, 1776)
5. Engraved print of Benjamin Franklin, envoy from the American Congress to the French court (1780)
6. Photograph of plaque commemorating the Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution (1783)
7. Documents related to The Federalist
8. Engraved portrait of Alexander Hamilton, first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (circa 1789)
9. Portrait of Thomas Jefferson (1800)
10. Portrait of James Madison and photo of presidential coin featuring his likeness
11. Painting titled Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky (circa 1816)
12. Painting titled Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull (1817)
13. Painting titled Washington as Farmer at Mount Vernon by Junius Brutus Stearns: depicts George Washington on his Mount Vernon property (1851)
14. Lithographic print of painting titled Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death: depicts the famous speech made by Patrick Henry in 1775 (print circa 1876)
15. Print showing members of the Declaration of Independence committee: from left to right: Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and John Adams (1876)
16. Lithograph depicting George Washington, Patrick Henry, and Edmund Pendleton traveling from Virginia to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia (1886)
17. Photograph of $100 silver certificate, Series of 1891, featuring James Monroe
18. Painting titled The Birth of Old Glory by Percy Moran: depicts Betsy Ross showing an American flag to George Washington (circa 1917)
19. Photograph showing stern view of destroyer USS John Hancock (1981)
20. Photograph of the Assembly Room in Independence Hall in Philadelphia: the Continental Congress declared American independence in this room in 1776 (photo taken 2011)