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Copley Library: A July 1776 Broadside Printing of the Declaration of Independence\", June 17, 2010.\nText in four columns. \"The arrangement of the heading and similarity of the type would suggest that this was printed at Salem by E. Russell previous to the 'official' Massachusetts edition\"--Walsh.\n\"This broadside edition appears to be based on the 6 July 1776 issue of the Pennsylvania Evening Post rather than from John Dunlap's 4 July 1776 broadside, based on a close study of the capitalization found in each\"--Christie's, Live auction 20528, The private collection of William S. Reese, part one.\nOne of five contemporary broadsides of the Declaration bearing no imprint, and the only edition printed in four columns.\nAn 'unofficial' printing, without the imprimatur of the Massachusetts colony; produced not by government decree but for public consumption."},{"label":"Subject (Time Period)","value":["Eighteenth century [LCSH]"]},{"label":"Date Created","value":"D:07 M:04 Y:1776"},{"label":"Date Digitized","value":"D:05 M:06 Y:2025"},{"label":"Contributor","value":["United States, Continental Congress [LCNAF]","Rogers, John, 1723-1789 [LCNAF]","Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 [LCNAF]","Hancock, John, 1737-1793 [LCNAF]","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 [LCNAF]","Russell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796 [LCNAF]"]},{"label":"Creator","value":["United States [LCNAF]"]},{"label":"Alternative Title","value":"In Congress, July 4, 1776. A declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in general Congress assembled."},{"label":"Title","value":"Declaration of Independence"},{"label":"Public Note","value":"Spec copy: Matted and framed.\nSpec copy: Docketed on verso in a contemporary hand: \"A Declaration of Independence July 4 1776—\"\nSpec copy: On loan to Washington University Libraries. // Christie's, Private collection of William S. Reese, May 25, 2022.\nJames S. Copley (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 17 June 2010). // References Evans, 15164\nFord, W.C. Massachusetts broadsides, 1953\nWalsh, M.J. \"Contemporary broadside editions of the Declaration of Independence.\" Harvard Library bulletin 3 (1949): 31-43, 12\nWall, A.J. \"The Statues of King George III and the Honorable William Pitt Erected in New York City 1770,\" The New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. IV, No. 2, July 1920, pages 50-52 // Published: [Salem, Massachusetts] : [printed by John Rogers at the Printing-Office of Ezekiel Russell], [July 14-16, 1776]"},{"label":"Internal Note","value":"Internal notes per file: us-declaration-1382330942-002 (400ppi cross polarization 90 degrees); us-declaration-1382330942-003 (400ppi cross polarization 45 degrees); us-declaration-1382330942-004 (600ppi standard reflective); us-declaration-1382330942-005 (600ppi cross polarization 90 degree); us-declaration-1382330942-006 (600ppi cross polarization 45 degree); us-declaration-1382330942-007 (600ppi raking light – just the broadside, not the frame); us-declaration-1382330942-008 (1000ppi of just the document). 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