[Declaration of Independence] The First Scottish Printing of the Declaration of Independence

The Edinburgh Advertiser
Edinburgh: Printed by and for James Donaldson, From Friday August 16, to Tuesday August 20, 1776. Vol. XXVI, No. 1319. Printed newspaper. 4to. pp. (113)-120. Disbound. Not in Matyas

"General Howe having in his last dispatches mentioned that the Continental Congress had declared the united colonies free and independent states, the following is a copy of the declaration by the representatives of the united states of America, in General Congress assembled, July 4. When in the course of human events..."

The first printing of the Declaration of Independence in Scotland, fully printed on pp. 116-117, six weeks after its adoption by the American Congress. On August 10, news of the Declaration of Independence reached London, and was first printed in newspapers there by August 16. From there, news traveled north, with the present printing believed to be the first in Scotland, which was then closely followed by printings in The Caledonian Mercury and in The Scots Magazine.

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[Declaration of Independence] The First Scottish Printing of the Declaration of Independence

How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[Declaration of Independence] The First Scottish Printing of the Declaration of Independence

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