US Declaration Of Independence: US DeclarationofIndependence

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: Print, Printing, Reprint, Reprinting

      
Print, Printing, Reprint, Reprinting
The words Declaration of Independence have two common variant spellings: Déclaration of Independence and Declaration of Independance. In web site documents, these words are sometimes written in the following compacted forms: DeclarationofIndependence, DéclarationofIndependence, or DeclarationofIndependance. The words Declaration of Independence are also abbreviated: DOI or DofI. The word checklist is sometimes written check list.
The Dunlap Printing of the Declaration of Independence 

The first print or printing of the Declaration of Independence was done by John Dunlap on the night of July 4th, 1776.

Additional Printings of the Declaration of Independence

Following July 1776, many additional prints, printings, reprints or reprintings of the Declaration of Independence have been made. Several of the additional prints, printings, reprints or reprintings have been broadsides. Most of these are contemporary prints, printings, reprints or reprintings. At least 29 different American newspapers in July, 1776, alone contained prints, printings, reprints or reprintings of the full text of the Declaration of Independence.  The Declaration of Independence was also reprinted at least 358 times in different books, pamphlets, and periodicals, between 1776-1825. Each time the Declaration of Independence was printed or reprinted, there was a chance for errors or mistakes to be introduced into the text. In fact, because in many instances the text of the Declaration of Independence was copied from another work instead of the origianl Dunlap broadside, clerical errors and mistakes were not only propagated, but compounded.

A list of the 385 works reprinting the Declaration of Independence, 1776-1825, has recently been published in a checklist.

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A free PDF copy of the checklist can be downloaded from the Home Page. You can read more about the checklist, as well. You can also purchase a hardbound copy of the checklist at a most reasonable price. See the Home Page for additional details and offerings. 
    
The checklist has 400 entries. Of these, 358 reprint the full text of the Declaration of Independence, in English. The remainder are ancillary or continuation volumes. The number of works in each general subject area are these: History 126, Law 103, Political Science 29, Law and Political Science 78, Biography 17, and Other 47. Researchers, instructors, and students of history, law and political science should be especially benefited by the checklist.  
  
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