• In Congress, July 4, 1776 : a declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in general congress assembled

Uniform title:

• Declaration of Independence

Alternative:

• Declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in general congress assembled.

Author:

• United States

Printer:

• Dunlap, John, 1747-1812

Publisher:

• Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap, [4-5 July 1776]

Format:

• Book

Date:

• 1776

Extent:

• 1 paper sheet ; 47 x 38 cm (broadside).

Spatial:

• United States

Language:

• English

Description:

• 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.

Bookseller:

• Rosenbach Company

Call number:

• 115.1
• Electronic Resource

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9946050663506421

Subject:

• Broadsides—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—1776

Collections:

• Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
• The Scheide Library