Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-07-03
SPLENDID EDITION
OF TaE
LIE CL-1R-IIIO.N OF INrREDE Arr, 4, ,./, ~
PLAN AND TERMS OF supscn1prroy.


When the Publisher sub.nitsed me ,re,,aa',..
l'otice OF ms intention to undertake this na,,ona1
puaancauon' although 1t had long occupied his
rehecuohs, he was not fully aware of i,s mnnr,
lance, lot he had never suspected what 1he a.,
10, uiat mere IS no WHERE extant an am.
ensnuc published copy of the most imnortsn,
otate Faper IN the annals of the world
Inc ORIGINAL D..cla alton IndepenJenca -.
asPoSiteo III the Secretary of States office u.s.
naPpiy preserved wien SO MANY vaIusL = 800, 80
"Sre consumed by the enemy WItbout dI,,i
ing upon slight differences, inaccuracies or 80
slons, The flrSt words winch present .,snI'.
III ouf prin ed copies, and even as tbev are nr ~
follow: S''Sfe Ss' are as
DLoLAHArioS sT THE REPRESENTATIVES, OF
fHh United STATES or AaERIcA IN rovaI,ras
ASSEMBLED" in the ,;nai ,io
la'Ion Is mus headed - SNis
rAE UNAsINoUs DECLARATION or ,,r r,,
len United SIXTIES OF AMERICA
40 20 iIot mere verbal distinc,;oa :, =;
,,,S.,-.I, eice Ia principle Does II harorne
aus 70 Dc Careless on this subject oroo,ht
80 PTta'i'h OF alteration of any kind n no Ss
II ,,oI punnc document so sacred 2--Oiebt
Wv. '" ne l'itaiuliy preserved and tr.nsrn,t,sJ
10 pos.erIty word Tor word. letter s.
point Tor pomt The American nnio s,;;, ana
S'it"''"py answer YES! and Tho pnt,I'o;,h,
s'-ru' P'ee6ea to have it so engraved and ~, -
N'p~'y II WIN regular proof of a,,hent;c;,,,
T. Ill -" FgPer will be So inches no Cd
"ia DC ialufsctured by Mr. Ames. IN his hes,
Ths - ,u Vi me very best materials.
Rr;doorI ~ ~ winch Is from the pencil of Mr.
Drioport' VIII be exscute ed in im,ta,;on IS D..
zen # and will encircle the nsoiaro,io OF bHs
GOroon o1 honor, surmounted bv the &c -
o"I'eu o'sIes' Immediately underrea,t, .ho
WI oe large medallion portrait of Gene
RAJ uhohGE WASHINGTON. nor,sd -,
'ur,'uCoPie, and en6elished NTH ,gb.ars w.:
a'lu o"eT ''Hhfd'y trophies and emblem, On On .
VI Uiis Il,adelion portrait will be similar
p"', " 'ohN HANCOCK, President of Con
OF TItGV 20; and on the other, portrait
ciafaton OF Independence.
| inG Arms " OF the Thirteen United States % =,
ihSuSiiions, united with wceaths of Ovs I'so,,es
YIN form the remainder of the eordon ,vI,;ob
wan DC further enriched by some of tbs cbarac-
.erlsrc productions OF the United States sucb ss
tTe 0Dacco & Indigo Plants, the Cotton Shrub
The whole of the design Excepting the nor.
rAlS y Wiii be engraved by Mr. Murrsy of pill.
delPhIs, who has for some weeks been If ,v ,ai
on the plate. - "olA
Mt. Leney, of New.York, will engraye the
BY the advice of alt the Artists enp,red ,hs
Publisher has abandoned the idea of pp; 1,;n, tbo
peciara'ion with THPEs, and has determined Ia
nave inc whole OF il ENGRAVED. The ornamental
| disposition and style ofthe engraving Of the De
ciara'on OF Independence, which viii occupy the
interior OF The Gordon, will be designed and exc.
cuted by Mr. Farman.
| rheJaesfniLes will be engraved by Mr.. Val.
lance, who will execute this important rart o4
The publication at the city OF Washington. whsre
by permission Of the Secretary of State. he Wi
nave the ORIGINAL SIGNATURES constantly under
ms eye. u''ANi
The public are we'll apprized that the gentle.
men whose names have been mentioned. IA nm.
oertakmg particular departments in the propo.
| SEQ publication, are the first Arts in the On.
Iu 2,ates, aud they have, one and all, assured
The Publishcr that they win sedu,o,rslv Jsvote
themselves to the execution Of the several nar,s