Declaration of Independence on view June 28

Beinecke Library at Yale

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Declaration of Independence on view June 28 - July 11, 2018

The Beinecke Library marks the 242nd anniversary of the nation's founding with a display of a major document of United States history from its collections: the historic first printing of the Declaration of Independence. Often referred to as the Dunlap Broadside in honor of John Dunlap who printed approximately 200 copies in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, the broadside was soon distributed throughout the thirteen states to announce the establishment of the new nation.

The Dunlap Broadside will be on view on the library's mezzanine from June 28 - July 11. The Beinecke Library's ground floor and mezzanine exhibition spaces are free and open to the public. In addition to the Dunlap Broadside, the library will also have on display some other essential documents of U.S. history:

Frederick Douglass' Oration, delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester, July 5, 1852, published by request, Rochester: printed by Lee, Mann & Co., 1852, now remembered as "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?", and carte-de-visite images of Douglass from 1860, 1865, and 1875, from the Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection
Life of William Grimes, the runaway slave, written by himself, first printing, 1825, and second printing, 1855

A public reading of the Declaration of Independence and Douglass' oration will be held on Thursday, July 5, at 4 pm.

To read the full text of the Declaration of Independence, please see: www.archives.gov/…/declaration-…

To read the full text of Douglass' oration, please see: rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2945

To read an electronic edition of the Life of William Grimes, please see: docsouth.unc.edu/…/grimes25.html

Please visit the library's website for information on hours and about other special and permanent exhibitions open to the public: beinecke.library.yale.edu/