In Congress, July 4, 1776, a declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled.
Contributors: Dunlap, John, 1747-1812.; Force, Peter, 1790-1868, former owner.; Ridgely, David, 1790?-1841?; Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by John Dunlap
Published: 1776
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Other titles: Dunlap Declaration of Independence
Notes: "Signed by order and in behalf of the Congress, John Hancock, President. Attest., Charles Thomson, Secretary."
The first printing of the Declaration of Independence.
Goff notes a difference in the placement of the imprint in two states of the broadside.  In the earlier state the "P" of Philadephia is under the comma after Thomson's name, in the later state the "P" is under the "n" in Thomson's name.
LC copy is the second state. Inscribed on verso in ink: Independence.
LC copy has pencilled inscription on verso in Ridgely's hand: For Col. P. Force, Washington, from D. Ridgely, Annapolis.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Evans 15155
Goff, F.R.  John Dunlap broadside, 10
Walsh, M.J.  Broadside editions of the Declaration of Independence. (Harvard Library Bulletin 3 (1949): 31-43), 1