Creating the United States

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Declaration of Independence Quickly Reprinted Throughout America

Declaration of Independence Quickly Reprinted Throughout America (36.02.00)

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After Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, it was first printed by John Dunlap of Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. Printers throughout the new nation quickly printed their own versions as copies of Dunlap’s broadside printing were taken by land and water from Philadelphia. This printing from Kingston, New York, was one of the earliest imprints of the document.
After Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, it was first printed by John Dunlap of Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. Printers throughout the new nation quickly printed their own versions as copies of Dunlap’s broadside printing were taken by land and water from Philadelphia. This printing from Kingston, New York, was one of the earliest imprints of the document.