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First Printing of the Declaration of Independence (reproduction)
The printed Declaration was sent on July 6, 1776, to George Washington by John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress. General Washington had it read to his assembled troops on July 9 in New York, as they awaited the arrival of the combined British fleet and army. In 1783, at the war's end, General Washington brought this copy, now only partially intact, home to Mount Vernon. |