Elizabeth Cady Stanton adapted the Declaration of Independence when she wrote the Declaration of Sentiments. Stanton was an influential suffragist.
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THe Declaration of Independence was mostly the work of Jefferson.
He was an excellent writer
After signing the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Benjamin Franklin went back to work as a printer and writer. In the years that followed, he was an ambassador and elder statesman.
Adams, Franklin, Lee, Jefferson and others 'wrote' the declaration of independence in terms of what they thought should be included in it. It was the lawyer, Thomas Jefferson that actually wrote their thoughts down in words. From this it does not appear that any of those involved was a 'main writer'.