Dunlap Broadside [Declaration of Independence] Dunlap, John, 1747-1812 Printer Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Author Second Continental Congress, United States Creator text text xx 1776 monographic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania John Dunlap 1776-07-04 eng
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1 online resource. 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. Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Original resource extent: 1 page (printed). 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 United States of America Pennsylvania Philadelphia 973 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.2716 World History 2021667578 DLC 210525 20250607105740.2 22061443 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng