Image: Declaration First Newspaper Printing

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Description: This July 6, 1776 issue of the “Pennsylvania Evening Post” presented the first newspaper printing of the newly adopted Declaration of Independence. A German language translation appeared three days later in the “Pennyslvanischer Staatsbote”, a newspaper that served Pennsylvania’s large German-speaking community. By the end of August 1776, the Declaration had been reprinted in at least 29 newspapers and 14 broadsides.
Title: Declaration First Newspaper Printing
Credit: Original publication: Pennsylvania Evening Post, 06 July 1776, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Immediate source: http://www.americanrevolutioncenter.org/collection/browse
Author: Pennsylvania Evening Post (Life time: n.a.)
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License: Public domain
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