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Original Caption: Dunlap Broadside [Declaration of Independence]. This is the first printed version of the Declaration of Independence. Drafted for the most part by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence justified breaking the colonial ties to Great Britain by providing a basic philosophy of government and a list of grievances against the Crown. John Dunlap of Philadelphia was the printer to the Continental Congress.

U.S. National Archives' Local Identifier: NWDT1-360-ITEM1-ITEM1VOL3P94

From: Series: Rough Journals, compiled 09/05/1774 - 03/02/1789 (Record Group 360)

Created by: Second Continental Congress. (09/05/1775 - 03/02/1781)

Production Date: 07/04/1776

Persistent URL: research.archives.gov/description/301682

Repository: National Archives Building - Archives I (Washington, DC)


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