In Congress, July 4, 1776 : a declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in general congress assembled

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Title:
In Congress, July 4, 1776 : a declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in general congress assembled
Title (alt.):
Declaration by the representatives of the United States of America
Title (uniform):
United States. Declaration of Independence
Creator:
United States
Printer:
Gill, John, 1732-1785
Printer:
Powars, Edward Eveleth
Printer:
Willis, Nathaniel, 1755-1831
Former owner:
Massachusetts Historical Society
Date:
[1776]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Broadsides
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Colonial and Revolutionary Boston (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 50 x 39 cm (full-sheet)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/47429c77r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Restrictions:
Access to physical copy/copies by appointment only. Please contact Boston Public Library Rare Books and Manuscripts Department for further information.
Publisher:
America: Boston : Printed by John Gill, and Powars and Willis, in Queen-Street
Language:
English
Notes:
Second issue printed by Gill and Powars and Willis, with a single rule and imprint at bottom of sheet. Cf. Walsh.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
English short title catalogue, W14405
Evans, C. American bibliography, 15161
Walsh, M.J. Contemporary broadside editions of the Declaration of Independence (Harvard Library Bulletin, Vol. 3, no. 1, Winter 1949), 10
Notes (object):
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy with deckles on three edges. Upper right corner torn away. Purchased in Dec., 1944 from the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Identifier:
06_01_016361-06_01_016362
Call #:
RARE BKS H.90.539 xxb
Barcode:
39999087656417