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Print, Printing, Reprint, Reprinting
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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.
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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 IndependenceFollowing 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
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Free Free Free Free Free 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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