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The Newport Press

Five months after he printed the Declaration, Southwick decided to leave Newport, but first, he buried his printing press

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Papermaking and Parchment

The copy of the Declaration of Independence that is associated with a Rittenhouse was printed on parchment, not paper

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For the Town Clerk

This broadside was sent to Portsmouth in the summer of 1776 and has remained in the town clerk’s office ever since

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Road Trip

Thanks to Norman Lear, this Dunlap broadside went from hidden to hyper-visible

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Hanging Up Hancock

The people who purchased the British broadsides of the Declaration were probably more interested in celebrating Hancock than hanging him

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Full Circle

Nearly 250 years after it was intercepted by the British, this Dunlap broadside is returning to Philadelphia

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In the Family

Among the papers in Hannah Dunster’s closet was her father’s copy of the Declaration of Independence

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Eine Erklärung

From the beginning, the Declaration of Independence was a multilingual document

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