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In Congress, July 4, 1776. A declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in general Congress assembled [electronic resource].
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States.
- United States. Continental Congress., Author.
- Massachusetts. Council., Author.
- Standardized Title:
- Declaration of Independence
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress. House--Early works to 1800.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sheet ([1] p.) )
- Place of Publication:
- Salem, Massachusetts-Bay : Printed by E. Russell, by order of authority, [1776]
- Notes:
- "Signed by order and in behalf of the Congress, John Hancock, president. Attest, Charles Thomson, secretary." - Followed by: In Council [of Massachusetts], July 17th, 1776. Ordered, that the Declaration of Independence be printed; and a copy sent to the ministers of each parish .. In the name, and by order of the Council, R. Derby, Jun. president. A true copy attest, John Avery, dep. sec'y.
- Printed area measures 48.2 x 32.1 cm.
- Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 15163
- Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1955
- Walsh, M.J. "Contemporary Broadside Editions of the Declaration of Independence." Harvard Library Bulletin 3 (1949): 31-43, 13
- English Short Title Catalog, W14401.
- OCLC:
- 511015495
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