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Genuine Principles

More copies of The Genuine Principles of the Ancient Saxon survive than any other early printing of the Declaration of Independence

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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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The Thing

Thomas Jefferson made sure that Richard Henry Lee saw two versions of the Declaration

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Early Intelligence

On July 6, Benjamin Towne had the Declaration of Independence before any other newspaper printers were able to share the text with their readers

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Confiscated

Perhaps after James Humphreys, Jr. printed the Declaration of Independence, he counted himself among the “numbers who had been obliged to hide themselves” and welcomed the “returning Liberty” of British rule

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Royal Danish American

Daniel Thibou’s Gazette is the only known surviving newspaper printing of the Declaration of Independence in the Caribbean

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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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Freshest News

The American Gazette only lasted six weeks, but those weeks coincided with 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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