Self-Evident Falsehood
In the Scots Magazine, “An Englishman” complained about two phrases that have become the most well-known and treasured parts of the Declaration
Confiscated
Perhaps after James Humphreys, Jr. printed the Declaration of Independence, he counted himself among the “numbers who had been obliged to hide themselves” and welcomed the “returning Liberty” of British rule
Independence Baby
The Connecticut Courant reported both the Declaration of Independence and the baptism of Independence
Royal Danish American
Daniel Thibou’s Gazette is the only known surviving newspaper printing of the Declaration of Independence in the Caribbean
World News
It took two months for the Declaration of Independence to travel from Philadelphia to Florence—a distance of more than 4,000 miles and a process that involved multiple translations
Virginia Gazette(s)
Alexander Purdie’s strategy of printing the last few paragraphs first meant that the Declaration of Independence appears in three different issues of two different Virginia Gazettes
No Small Mirth
Mary Katharine Goddard celebrated the Declaration of Independence as only a printer could
Full Circle
Nearly 250 years after it was intercepted by the British, this Dunlap broadside is returning to Philadelphia
In the Family
Among the papers in Hannah Dunster’s closet was her father’s copy of the Declaration of Independence
Freshest News
The American Gazette only lasted six weeks, but those weeks coincided with the Declaration of Independence
Eine Erklärung
From the beginning, the Declaration of Independence was a multilingual document