record number: 012047

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Dates:

4 July 1776

Original paper slip text:4 July 1776

Title:

Facsimiles of the engrossed and signed text of the Declaration of Independence: one example executed by Maverick (1818) and two examples executed by Stone (4 July 1823)

Document Type:

JA—Miscellaneous Filed with N.D. at end

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Notes:

Filed with Oversize material
Both Stone versions endorsed by JQA verso, 3 Oct. 1826
Note: On the history of the W. I. Stone facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence, see David C. Mearns, The Story of a Parchment, repr. from Librarian of Congress, Annual Report for 1949, p. 36–55. See also Carl Becker, Declaration of Independence, p. 184 ff. (text)

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Adams Papers microfilm: reel 189

Original held by:

Massachusetts Historical Society

From the collection: Adams Family Papers

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