The following is the actual text from the Declaration of Independence as it was written (most notably the spelling and grammar), and it sounds eerily similar to what is happening in the present day.

This Tuesday, marks 250 years since citizens of Mecklenburg County say they became the first American colonists to declare ...

The Declaration of Independence is the culmination of that ... After Adams and Benjamin Franklin both made minor edits to Jefferson’s text, it was ready to be presented to the Continental ...