In Congress, July 4, 1776. A declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in general Congress assembled [electronic resource]
- Bib ID:
- 3374675
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- United States
- Uniform Title:
- Declaration of Independence
- Online Version:
- http://opac.newsbank.com/select/evans/15162
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- Description:
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- [Boston : Printed by John Gill, and Powars and Willis, 1776]
- 1 sheet ([1] p.)
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Series I, Evans (1639-1800); no. 15162.
- Notes:
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- "Signed by order and in behalf of the Congress, John Hancock, president. Attest. Charles Thompson [i.e, Thomson], secretary."
- Imprint supplied by Evans. Cf. Evans 15161, which is a later issue of this edition. In that issue, the imprint "America: Boston, Printed by John Gill, and Powars and Willis, in Queen-Street." has been added and an error in the word "Declare" in the last paragraph has been corrected.
- Text in two columns, with sixty-eight lines in the first.
- Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
- Cited In:
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- Evans 15162
- Walsh, M.J. "Contemporary broadside editions of the Declaration of Independence." Harvard Library bulletin 3 (1949): 31-43, 9
- Reproduction:
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Series I, Evans (1639-1800); no. 15162). Mode of access : World Wide Web.
- Place:
- United States Massachusetts Boston.
- Other authors/contributors:
- United States. Continental Congress
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1846 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1776
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