Declaration of Independence

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Title
Declaration of Independence
Creator
  • United States [LCNAF]
Collecting Area
  • Rare Books
Collection Name
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Description
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 44 x 36 cm in a frame 72 x 63 cm // "Signed by order and in behalf of the Congress, John Hancock, President. Attest, Charles Thompson, Secretary." Printed by journeyman John Rogers in the offices of Ezekiel Russell. See "The James S. Copley Library: A July 1776 Broadside Printing of the Declaration of Independence", June 17, 2010. Text in four columns. "The arrangement of the heading and similarity of the type would suggest that this was printed at Salem by E. Russell previous to the 'official' Massachusetts edition"--Walsh. "This broadside edition appears to be based on the 6 July 1776 issue of the Pennsylvania Evening Post rather than from John Dunlap's 4 July 1776 broadside, based on a close study of the capitalization found in each"--Christie's, Live auction 20528, The private collection of William S. Reese, part one. One of five contemporary broadsides of the Declaration bearing no imprint, and the only edition printed in four columns. An 'unofficial' printing, without the imprimatur of the Massachusetts colony; produced not by government decree but for public consumption.