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Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888 Lithograph titled The Declaration of Independence July 4th 1776

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10045 Author/Creator: Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Print Date: circa 1850 Pagination: 1 print ; Order a Copy

One print depicting the signing of the Declaration of Independence dated circa 1850.

Adams, John, 1735-1826
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803
Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795
Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832
Chase, Samuel, 1741-1811
Clark, Abraham, 1726-1794
Clinton, George, 1739-1812
Clymer, George, 1739-1813
Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808
Ellery, William, 1727-1820
Floyd, William, 1734-1821
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Gerry, Elbridge Thomas, 1837-1927
Hancock, John, 1737-1797
Harrison, Benjamin, 1726-1791
Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779
Heyward, Thomas, 1746-1809
Hooper, William, 1742-1790
Hopkins, Stephen, 1707-1785
Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791
Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794
Lewis, Francis, 1713-1803
Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778
Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813
Lynch, Thomas, 1749-1779
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817
Middleton, Arthur, 1742-1787
Morris, Lewis, 1726-1798
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
Paca, William, 1740-1799
Paine, Robert Treat, 1731-1814
Read, George, 1733-1798
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Rutledge, Edward, 1749-1800
Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793
Stockton, Richard, 1764-1828
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
Walton, George, 1749-1804
Whipple, William, 1730-1785
Williams, William, 1731-1811
Willing, Thomas, 1731-1821
Wilson, James, 1742-1798
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794
Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797
Wythe, George, 1726-1806

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