Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
In Congress, July 4, 1776 : a declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in general congress assembled.
Call Number
115.1
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dr26xz742
Publisher
Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap, [4-5 July 1776]
Language
English
Date Created
1776
Extent
1 paper sheet ; 47 x 38 cm (broadside).
Provenance
Provenance: Acquired December, 1940.
References
ESTC W14406
Evans 15155.
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3391.
Walsh, M.J. "Contemporary Broadside editions of the Declaration of Independence." Harvard Library Bulletin 3 (1949): 31-43, 1.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
The first printing of the Declaration of Independence.
"Signed by order and in behalf of the Congress, John Hancock, president. Attest. Charles Thomson, secretary."
Two states noted by Frederick Goff, differing in the placement of the imprint. In the earlier state, the P of Philadelphia is located directly beneath the comma following Thomson's name. In the later state the P is located directly beneath the n of Thomson's name. Goff notes also a proof copy (imperfect), held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, exhibiting differences in punctuation and in the insertion in line 13 of the word 'a' before the word 'new.' Cf. Goff, F.R. The John Dunlop broadside: the first printing of the Declaration of Independence, 1976.

Discovery Information

Subject
Broadsides

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton and the Revolution
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/777e462d-9cec-41eb-849d-e9c4b8975989/manifest