Declaration of Independence

ICHi-059818

Title: Declaration of Independence Description: Declaration of Independence printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by John Dunlap, official printer for the Continental Congress. Approximately 100 of these broadsides were printed on the night of July 4-5, 1776, after the Continental Congress voted to adopt the Declaration of Independence. The committee appointed to draft the Declaration (Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman) took a handwritten version, primarily the work of Jefferson, to the shop of John Dunlap to be printed. The broadsides were sent to various assemblies, conventions, committees of safety, and commanding officers of Continental troops throughout the country to be read to the populace. Date Depicted: 1776 July Creator: Dunlap, John Creator Role: printer Physical Format: manuscripts (document genre) Copyright Notice: No Known Copyright Credit Line: Chicago History Museum, ICHi-059818 Accession Number: 1983.39 Storage Location: P&P Horizon Bib. No.: 145851 Max Pixels - Width: 4543 Max Pixels - Height: 5716 Help improve this content