B07VQ8ZFPQ Framed Dunlap Broadside – Declaration of Independence. Gift for History Buffs

Product Description: Our framed Dunlap Broadside – Declaration of Independence is made in the USA with a solid wood frame, glass front, black matte and wall hanger attached on back. It is printed on antique parchment paper that goes through an eleven step process to give it an aged look. Each paper is unique with characteristics such as (but not limited to), golden or yellow hues, crinkling, puckering. Outer frame measures approx. 18 1/2″ wide and 25 1/2″ tall. Product Details: John Dunlap, official printer to the Continental Congress, produced the first printed versions of the American Declaration of Independence in his Philadelphia shop on the night of July 4, 1776. After the Declaration had been adopted by the Congress earlier that day, a committee took the manuscript document, possibly Thomas Jefferson’s “fair copy” of his rough draft, to Dunlap for printing. On the morning of July 5, copies were dispatched by members of Congress to various assemblies, conventions, and committees of safety as well as to the commanders of Continental troops. Also on July 5, a copy of the printed version of the approved Declaration was inserted into the “rough journal” of the Continental Congress for July 4. The text was followed by the words “Signed by Order and in Behalf of the Congress, John Hancock, President. Attest. Charles Thomson, Secretary.” It is not known how many copies of what came to be called “the Dunlap broadside” were printed on the night of the fourth. Twenty-five copies are known to exist: 20 owned by American institutions, two by British institutions, and three by private individuals.
Framed Dunlap Broadside – Declaration of Independence.
Proudly Handmade in USA
Solid Hardwood Frame, Black Matte & Glass Front, Paper Duster Backing with Wire Hanger
Printed on antique parchment paper that goes through an 11 step process to give it an aged authentic look. Each paper is unique with characteristics such as (but not limited to), golden or yellow hues, crinkling, puckering
IMPORTANT: We make no claim of legibility as it is too subjective, and vision differs greatly from person to person.