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The official copy of the Declaration of Independence was the one printed on July 4, 1776, under Jefferson's supervision. It was sent to the states and to the Army and was widely reprinted in newspapers. The slightly different "engrossed copy" (shown at the top of this article) was made later for members to sign.
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The first page of Jefferson's rough draft. Thomas Jefferson preserved a four-page draft that late in life he called the "original Rough draft". [5] [6] Known to historians as the Rough Draft, early students of the Declaration believed that this was a draft written alone by Jefferson and then presented to the Committee of Five drafting committee.
A pocket constitution, published together with the Declaration of Independence.This particular copy is from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.. A pocket Constitution is a printed copy of the United States Constitution that is pocket-sized or pamphlet-sized and can fit in a pocket, purse, or other small container for portability.
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Jul. 4—The Declaration of Independence, adopted 246 years ago this week, has been many things through the years: A call to arms, a statement of purpose, an appeal for help, a treatise on ...
Alexander Hamilton's copy of the first printed draft The Constitutional Convention 's printers, Dunlap & Claypoole, printed the drafts and final copies of the United States Constitution . John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole had printed for Congress since 1775, including the first copies of the Declaration of Independence [ 1 ] and Articles of ...
John Dunlap (21 August 1746 – 27 November 1812) was an early American printer who emigrated from Ulster, Ireland and who printed the first copies of the United States Declaration of Independence and was one of the most successful Irish/American printers of his era.