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

Evidence suggests a connection between this broadside and a delegate from Edenton, Joseph Hewes

The Declaration was evidence of one conflict among many in 1776

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

For Johannes Enschedé, the main part of the Declaration did not include the grievances

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

Peter Timothy was a busy man

This Dunlap broadside is one word shorter than the rest

In Russia, independence was not part of the story

To Kezia Coffin, the Declaration was “horrible”

Both of George Washington’s broadsides tell the same story—one of communication and inspiration

When readers opened their newspapers and read the Declaration, their eyes may have drifted to the graphic descriptions of people seeking freedom, yet left for dead

These Boston printers were thinking continentally

After the Declaration, Edward Eveleth Powars and Nathaniel Willis got to put their mark on the Chronicle

Copies of the Declaration that no longer survive still have stories to tell

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

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

The top right corner of the Declaration of Independence is missing from this Portsmouth newspaper.

In the Scots Magazine, “An Englishman” complained about two phrases that have become the most well-known and treasured parts of the Declaration

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