In Congress, July 4, 1776. Declaration, by the representatives of the United States of America, in general Congress assembled.
Contributors: United States. Continental Congress.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 43199.; Early American imprints -- no. 43201.
Publisher: Printed by Robert L. Fowle?
Published: 1776
Place of publication: [Exeter, N.H.?
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Work titles: Declaration of Independence.
Notes: "Signed by order and in behalf of the Congress, John Hancock president. Attest. Charles Thompson [i.e., Thomson], secretary."

Two states noted. In the first (Bristol B4407, Walsh 14) Hancock is misspelled 'Hacock.' Printed area measures 39.4 x 29.2 cm. In the second state (Bristol B4408, Walsh 15), Hancock's name is spelled correctly, and the last three lines have been reset.

Probable imprint determined by Frederick R. Goff, whose findings are detailed in the Library of Congress Quarterly journal of current acquisitions, v. 5, no. 1, November 1957, p. 12-16.

Text in two columns, with fifty-eight lines in the first.

Bristol B4407.

Bristol B4408.

Shipton & Mooney 43199.

Shipton & Mooney 43201.

Ford, W.C.  Broadsides, 1952.

Walsh, M.J. "Contemporary Broadside Editions of the Declaration of Independence." Harvard Library Bulletin 3 (1949): 31-43, 14.

Walsh, M.J. "Contemporary Broadside Editions of the Declaration of Independence." Harvard Library Bulletin 3 (1949): 31-43, 15.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43199; 43201)