![]() ![]() In 1820 Secretary of State John Adams, aghast at. This copy, known as the “Southwick Broadside,” was posted in Warwick and signed on the back by the town clerk. Long before the 1903 photograph had been taken, the ink on the original Declaration had all but disappeared. Using that copy, Solomon Southwick printed 29 copies in Newport and distributed them throughout the state. The handwritten copy of the Declaration on display at the National Archives was completed on August 2, 1776.Ī copy of the “Dunlap Broadside” arrived in Rhode Island on July 6, 1776. The colonists had been fighting Great Britain for 14 months while proclaiming their allegiance to the crown. July 4, also known as Independence Day, marks the anniversary of the Second Continental Congress adopting the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. ![]() This was all that was needed to break away from Britain. That evening, Congress directed John Dunlap to print copies, known as broadsides, to be sent to every state and the Continental Army. History of the Declaration of Independence A resolution of independence passed the Philadelphia Convention on July 2. On July 4, 1776, two days after the approval of a resolution dissolving all allegiance to Britain, Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence to formally announce the creation of a new sovereign nation, referring to it by a name never before used in a public document: “the United States of America.” Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration, which John Adams and Benjamin Franklin edited. More than a year after the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to break all ties with Britain and to declare this decision to the new nation and the world. Text of the Declaration of Independence Note: The source for this transcription is the first printing of the Declaration of Independence, the broadside produced by John Dunlap on the night of July 4, 1776. Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library Special CollectionsĪn exhibition of a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence is now open at John M.Scholarly Publishing & Digital Scholarship.Kenneth and Nancy Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library.John Dunlap, a Philadelphian printer, first printed a copy of the declaration of independence and named it as Dunlap Broadside. Later the other members of the committee revised the draft and made plenty of changes, including the insertion of three new paragraphs. Special Collections Research Guidelines Jefferson named his document as the Original Rough Draught.Special Collections Collection Development Policy. ![]()
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