Who Wrote the Declaration of Independence?

'The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Thomas Jefferson was not then credited with its authorship.'

Matthew Wills at JSTOR Daily.

"The document was drafted by a committee made up of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston. Jefferson, recognized for his ability with words, wrote the first draft; then it was edited by the others, and then edited again by the whole Congress. Fifty-six members of Congress signed it (one of them as late as November).

"So how did Jefferson, 'initially anonymous as the penman of the Declaration, gain renown as its author?'"

See the Declaration of Independence in Gateway to the Great Books (10 Vol., 1963) volume 6, and in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volume 43, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 40.