Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Declaration of Independence [Charleston, 1776]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00959 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Charlestown, South Carolina Type: Broadside Date: 2 August 1776 circa Pagination: 1 sheet Height: 41.8 cm, Width: 30 cm Order a Copy
Unrecorded and unique. Endorsed on verso. Peter Timothy was printer to the colony of South Carolina, and later to the state of North Carolina. News of the Declaration was received Aug. 2. Timothy's broadside follows Dunlap with minor variants of capitalization, spelling and punctuation.
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