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Dunlap Broadside [Declaration of Independence]   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Second Continental Congress. (09/05/1775 - 03/02/1781)
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Dunlap Broadside [Declaration of Independence]
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  • Scope and content: 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.
  • General notes: Exhibit History: "American Originals," December 1995 - December 1996, National Archives Rotunda, Washington, DC, 624.0004. Also reproduced in "Pages of History" (624.0038).
Date 4 July 1776
date QS:P571,+1776-07-04T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q518155
Archives I Reference Section, Textual Archives Services Division (NWCT1R), National Archives Building, Washington, DC
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 301682.

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  • Record group: Record Group 360: Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765 - 1821 (National Archives Identifier: 667)
  • Series: Rough Journals, compiled 09/05/1774 - 03/02/1789 (National Archives Identifier: 301681)
  • NAIL Control Number: NWCTB-360-ITEM1-ITEM1VOL3P94

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