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Publisher:
Salem, Massachusetts-Bay :
Printed by E. Russell, by order of authority
"Signed by Order and in Behalf of the Congress, John Hancock, President. Attest, Charles Thomson, Secretary."
"In Council [of Massachusetts], July 17th, 1776. Ordered, that the Declaration of Independence be printed; and a Copy sent to the Ministers of each Parish, of every Denomination, within this State [...] In the Name, and by Order of the Council, R. Derby, Jun. President. A true Copy Attest, John Avery, Dep. Sec'y."
Printed area measures 48.2 x 32.1 cm.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Evans, C. American bibliography, 15163
Walsh, M.J. "Contemporary broadside editions of the Declaration of Independence." Harvard Library bulletin 3 (1949): 31-43, 13
English short title catalogue, W14401
Notes (object):
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy with deckles on three edges. Formerly folded into 24ths. Three inscriptions on verso, each in a different hand: 1. "Declaration of Independance July 4th 1776" 2. "Revd Mr Everett Dorchester" 3. "1776 Declaration of Independence."