Facts about Declaration of Independence First Print

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   One of the 26 surviving Dunlap Broadsides sold at auction in 2000 for more than $8 million, setting a record for a printed document.

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   Dunlap Broadsides were sent to colonial assemblies and military commanders so the Declaration could be publicly read aloud to citizens.

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   Congress ordered the Declaration of Independence to be engrossed on parchment and signed by members, a document distinct from the Dunlap Broadside first print.

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   Approximately 200 copies of the Dunlap Broadside were printed that night, though only 26 known surviving copies exist today.

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   The Declaration of Independence was first printed on the night of July 4, 1776, by Philadelphia printer John Dunlap.

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