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AtomicLibSmasher
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George Washington's Dunlap Broadside
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Fragment of George Washington's personal copy of the "Dunlap Broadside" of the Declaration of Independence, which he ordered read to his assembled troops in New York, July 9, 1776
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Fragment of the "Dunlap Broadside" of the Declaration of Independence, sent on July 6 to George Washington by John Hancock,
president of the Continental Congress. General Washington had the Declaration read to his assembled troops in New York on July
9. Later that night, the Americans destroyed a bronze statue of Great Britain's King George III which stood at the foot of
Broadway on the Bowling Green. The text is broken at lines thirty-four and fifty-four, with the text below line fifty-four missing.
Broadside. [In Congress, July 4, 1776. A Declaration By the Representatives of the United States of America, In General
Congress Assembled.] [Philadelphia: John Dunlap, July 4, 1776.] Washington Papers, Manuscript Division (4) http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara4.html
``I tried to walk a line between acting lawfully and testifying falsely, but I now recognize that I did not fully accomplish this goal" - Slick Clinton
Edited by: AtomicLibSmasher at: 2/15/01 12:05:36 pm
AtomicLibSmasher
ezOP/TaskMaster
posts: 1024
(2/15/01 12:48:49 am)
Re: George Washington's Dunlap Broadside
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DECLARING INDEPENDENCE: DRAFTING THE DOCUMENTS
Chronology Of Events:
June 7, 1776 to January 18, 1777
1776
June 7 -- Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, receives Richard Henry Lee's resolution urging Congress to declare independence.
June 11 -- Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston appointed to a committee
to draft a declaration of independence. American army retreats to Lake Champlain from Canada.
June 12 - 27 -- Jefferson, at the request of the committee, drafts a declaration, of which only a fragment exists. Jefferson's clean,
or "fair" copy, the "original Rough draught," is reviewed by the committee. Both documents are in the manuscript collections of the
Library of Congress.
June 28 -- A fair copy of the committee draft of the Declaration of Independence is read in Congress.
July 1 - 4 -- Congress debates and revises the Declaration of Independence.
July 2 -- Congress declares independence as the British fleet and army arrive at New York.
July 4 -- Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in the morning of a bright, sunny, but cool Philadelphia day. John
Dunlap prints the Declaration of Independence. These prints are now called "Dunlap Broadsides." Twenty-four copies are known
to exist, two of which are in the Library of Congress. One of these was Washington's personal copy.
July 5 -- John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, dispatches the first of Dunlap's broadsides of the Declaration of
Independence to the legislatures of New Jersey and Delaware.
July 6 -- Pennsylvania Evening Post of July 6 prints the first newspaper rendition of the Declaration of Independence.
July 8 -- The first public reading of the Declaration is in Philadelphia.
July 9 -- Washington orders that the Declaration of Independence be read before the American army in New York -- from his
personal copy of the "Dunlap Broadside."
July 19 -- Congress orders the Declaration of Independence engrossed (officially inscribed) and signed by members.
August 2 -- Delegates begin to sign engrossed copy of the Declaration of Independence. A large British reinforcement arrives at
New York after being repelled at Charleston, S.C.
1777
January 18 -- Congress, now sitting in Baltimore, Maryland, orders that signed copies of the Declaration of Independence printed
by Mary Katherine Goddard of Baltimore be sent to the states
ezOP/TaskMaster
posts: 1022
(2/15/01 12:44:44 am)
George Washington's Dunlap Broadside
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Fragment of George Washington's personal copy of the "Dunlap Broadside" of the Declaration of Independence, which he ordered read to his assembled troops in New York, July 9, 1776
http://warlady1.com/pics//gwdeclare.jpg
(Hi-Res lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/geow.jpg )
Fragment of the "Dunlap Broadside" of the Declaration of Independence, sent on July 6 to George Washington by John Hancock,
president of the Continental Congress. General Washington had the Declaration read to his assembled troops in New York on July
9. Later that night, the Americans destroyed a bronze statue of Great Britain's King George III which stood at the foot of
Broadway on the Bowling Green. The text is broken at lines thirty-four and fifty-four, with the text below line fifty-four missing.
Broadside. [In Congress, July 4, 1776. A Declaration By the Representatives of the United States of America, In General
Congress Assembled.] [Philadelphia: John Dunlap, July 4, 1776.] Washington Papers, Manuscript Division (4) http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara4.html
``I tried to walk a line between acting lawfully and testifying falsely, but I now recognize that I did not fully accomplish this goal" - Slick Clinton
Edited by: AtomicLibSmasher at: 2/15/01 12:05:36 pm
AtomicLibSmasher
ezOP/TaskMaster
posts: 1024
(2/15/01 12:48:49 am)
Re: George Washington's Dunlap Broadside
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DECLARING INDEPENDENCE: DRAFTING THE DOCUMENTS
Chronology Of Events:
June 7, 1776 to January 18, 1777
1776
June 7 -- Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, receives Richard Henry Lee's resolution urging Congress to declare independence.
June 11 -- Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston appointed to a committee
to draft a declaration of independence. American army retreats to Lake Champlain from Canada.
June 12 - 27 -- Jefferson, at the request of the committee, drafts a declaration, of which only a fragment exists. Jefferson's clean,
or "fair" copy, the "original Rough draught," is reviewed by the committee. Both documents are in the manuscript collections of the
Library of Congress.
June 28 -- A fair copy of the committee draft of the Declaration of Independence is read in Congress.
July 1 - 4 -- Congress debates and revises the Declaration of Independence.
July 2 -- Congress declares independence as the British fleet and army arrive at New York.
July 4 -- Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in the morning of a bright, sunny, but cool Philadelphia day. John
Dunlap prints the Declaration of Independence. These prints are now called "Dunlap Broadsides." Twenty-four copies are known
to exist, two of which are in the Library of Congress. One of these was Washington's personal copy.
July 5 -- John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, dispatches the first of Dunlap's broadsides of the Declaration of
Independence to the legislatures of New Jersey and Delaware.
July 6 -- Pennsylvania Evening Post of July 6 prints the first newspaper rendition of the Declaration of Independence.
July 8 -- The first public reading of the Declaration is in Philadelphia.
July 9 -- Washington orders that the Declaration of Independence be read before the American army in New York -- from his
personal copy of the "Dunlap Broadside."
July 19 -- Congress orders the Declaration of Independence engrossed (officially inscribed) and signed by members.
August 2 -- Delegates begin to sign engrossed copy of the Declaration of Independence. A large British reinforcement arrives at
New York after being repelled at Charleston, S.C.
1777
January 18 -- Congress, now sitting in Baltimore, Maryland, orders that signed copies of the Declaration of Independence printed
by Mary Katherine Goddard of Baltimore be sent to the states