02918nam a22004453i 4500 22061443 20250607105740.2 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 210525s1776 xx |||||o|||||||| ||eng 22061443 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-988 2021667578 (WDL)02716 DLC eng DLC eng 973 Dunlap Broadside [Declaration of Independence]. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : John Dunlap, 1776-07-04. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Original resource extent: 1 page (printed). John Dunlap, official printer to the Continental Congress, produced the first printed versions of the American Declaration of Independence in his Philadelphia shop on the night of July 4, 1776. After the Declaration had been adopted by the Congress earlier that day, a committee took the manuscript document, possibly Thomas Jefferson's "fair copy" of his rough draft, to Dunlap for printing. On the morning of July 5, copies were dispatched by members of Congress to various assemblies, conventions, and committees of safety as well as to the commanders of Continental troops. Also on July 5, a copy of the printed version of the approved Declaration was inserted into the "rough journal" of the Continental Congress for July 4. The text was followed by the words "Signed by Order and in Behalf of the Congress, John Hancock, President. Attest. Charles Thomson, Secretary." It is not known how many copies of what came to be called "the Dunlap broadside" were printed on the night of the fourth. Twenty-five copies are known to exist: 20 owned by American institutions, two by British institutions, and three by private individuals. Shown here is a copy from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Original resource at: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Content in English. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 1776 Autonomy Broadsides Politics and government United States -- Declaration of Independence Dunlap, John, 1747-1812 Printer. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Author. Second Continental Congress, United States Creator. United States of America Pennsylvania Philadelphia World History gdcwdl wdl_02716 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.2716 wdl/wdlpartner/wdlnara s-Online Electronic Resource