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Every copy of the Declaration of Independence has a story to tell. Follow for news and stories from 1776, curated by @emilysneff.bsky.social
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This week's story is about a missing word in the Declaration of Independence 😱
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December 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This week's story is about a missing word in the Declaration of Independence 😱
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November 7 marks the 250th anniversary of Dunmore's proclamation. Learn about the connection between Dunmore's promise of freedom from slavery and the Declaration of Independence, found in the pages of Dixon and Hunter's Virginia Gazette.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
November 7 marks the 250th anniversary of Dunmore's proclamation. Learn about the connection between Dunmore's promise of freedom from slavery and the Declaration of Independence, found in the pages of Dixon and Hunter's Virginia Gazette.
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Weekly stories behind different copies of the Declaration of Independence continue on Wednesdays and daily emails with News from 1776 begin January 1!
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November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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This week's story is brought to you by the letter "C" for Collaboration!
After the war fractured his partnership with Benjamin Edes, John Gill worked alongside Powars and Willis to create a broadside of the Declaration of Independence in Boston.
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After the war fractured his partnership with Benjamin Edes, John Gill worked alongside Powars and Willis to create a broadside of the Declaration of Independence in Boston.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This week's story is brought to you by the letter "C" for Collaboration!
After the war fractured his partnership with Benjamin Edes, John Gill worked alongside Powars and Willis to create a broadside of the Declaration of Independence in Boston.
declarationstories.org/stories/american-broadside
After the war fractured his partnership with Benjamin Edes, John Gill worked alongside Powars and Willis to create a broadside of the Declaration of Independence in Boston.
declarationstories.org/stories/american-broadside
July 4, 2026—the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—is 250 days away! Are you ready? Follow @declarationstories.bsky.social for weekly glimpses into the early history of the founding document of the United States
October 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
July 4, 2026—the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—is 250 days away! Are you ready? Follow @declarationstories.bsky.social for weekly glimpses into the early history of the founding document of the United States
In 1776, New England became Independent! In the title of a Boston newspaper, at least.
This week's story is about the New-England Chronicle at @bpl.boston.gov and the men who took it over shortly before the Declaration of Independence.
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This week's story is about the New-England Chronicle at @bpl.boston.gov and the men who took it over shortly before the Declaration of Independence.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In 1776, New England became Independent! In the title of a Boston newspaper, at least.
This week's story is about the New-England Chronicle at @bpl.boston.gov and the men who took it over shortly before the Declaration of Independence.
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This week's story is about the New-England Chronicle at @bpl.boston.gov and the men who took it over shortly before the Declaration of Independence.
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How do you tell the story of a copy of the Declaration of Independence that doesn't exist anymore? This week's newsletter focuses on Polly Palmer, with help from the @rrchnm.bsky.social podcast Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant
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Miss Polly or Myra — Declaration Stories
Copies of the Declaration that no longer survive still have stories to tell
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October 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
How do you tell the story of a copy of the Declaration of Independence that doesn't exist anymore? This week's newsletter focuses on Polly Palmer, with help from the @rrchnm.bsky.social podcast Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant
declarationstories.org/stories/miss-polly-or-myra
declarationstories.org/stories/miss-polly-or-myra
What's in the Declaration? How do you plan an event around a public reading? What has July 4 looked like over the past 250 years? These ?s and more will be answered during the Virtual Workshops for the 250th!
November 15, 2025 -- three workshops on Zoom in one day
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November 15, 2025 -- three workshops on Zoom in one day
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Virtual Workshops for the 250th — Declaration Stories
Join Dr. Emily Sneff to learn the history of the Declaration of Independence before the 250th anniversary in 2026
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October 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
What's in the Declaration? How do you plan an event around a public reading? What has July 4 looked like over the past 250 years? These ?s and more will be answered during the Virtual Workshops for the 250th!
November 15, 2025 -- three workshops on Zoom in one day
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November 15, 2025 -- three workshops on Zoom in one day
declarationstories.org/workshops
Did people in London really buy John Hancock's portrait "merely for the sake of hanging him up"? 😳
Learn about @jcblibrary.bsky.social's broadside of the Declaration of Independence in this week's story: declarationstories.org/stories/hanging-up-hancock
Learn about @jcblibrary.bsky.social's broadside of the Declaration of Independence in this week's story: declarationstories.org/stories/hanging-up-hancock
Hanging Up Hancock — Declaration Stories
The people who purchased the British broadsides of the Declaration were probably more interested in celebrating Hancock than hanging him
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October 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Did people in London really buy John Hancock's portrait "merely for the sake of hanging him up"? 😳
Learn about @jcblibrary.bsky.social's broadside of the Declaration of Independence in this week's story: declarationstories.org/stories/hanging-up-hancock
Learn about @jcblibrary.bsky.social's broadside of the Declaration of Independence in this week's story: declarationstories.org/stories/hanging-up-hancock
This week's story is for fans of footnotes!
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September 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This week's story is for fans of footnotes!
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The Hartford Courant claims the title of the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.
Two weeks after printing the Declaration of Independence, the Courant had news of a different Independence--a baby girl.
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Two weeks after printing the Declaration of Independence, the Courant had news of a different Independence--a baby girl.
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Independence Baby — Declaration Stories
The Connecticut Courant reported both the Declaration of Independence and the baptism of Independence
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September 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Hartford Courant claims the title of the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.
Two weeks after printing the Declaration of Independence, the Courant had news of a different Independence--a baby girl.
Read or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories/independence-baby
Two weeks after printing the Declaration of Independence, the Courant had news of a different Independence--a baby girl.
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Eight stories down, many more to come!
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Learn about the earliest printings and translations, and all the people involved in the process of declaring independence
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Learn about the earliest printings and translations, and all the people involved in the process of declaring independence
August 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Eight stories down, many more to come!
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Learn about the earliest printings and translations, and all the people involved in the process of declaring independence
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Learn about the earliest printings and translations, and all the people involved in the process of declaring independence
A Dunlap broadside left Philadelphia in July 1776 but never reached its intended destination. It will return to Philadelphia for The Declaration's Journey at @amrevmuseum.bsky.social
This week's story: declarationstories.org/stories/full-circle
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This week's story: declarationstories.org/stories/full-circle
Learn more: www.jewishexponent.com/museum-of-th...
Full Circle — Declaration Stories
Nearly 250 years after it was intercepted by the British, this Dunlap broadside is returning to Philadelphia
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July 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A Dunlap broadside left Philadelphia in July 1776 but never reached its intended destination. It will return to Philadelphia for The Declaration's Journey at @amrevmuseum.bsky.social
This week's story: declarationstories.org/stories/full-circle
Learn more: www.jewishexponent.com/museum-of-th...
This week's story: declarationstories.org/stories/full-circle
Learn more: www.jewishexponent.com/museum-of-th...
A cat lady, a closet of family papers, and the Declaration of Independence. In this week's story, learn about Isaiah Dunster's broadside, passed down to his daughter Hannah and eventually out of the family.
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July 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A cat lady, a closet of family papers, and the Declaration of Independence. In this week's story, learn about Isaiah Dunster's broadside, passed down to his daughter Hannah and eventually out of the family.
declarationstories.org/stories/in-the-family
declarationstories.org/stories/in-the-family
If you're going to have a short-lived newspaper, at least let it live through interesting times! That's the story behind the American Gazette, which featured the #DeclarationofIndependence #onthisday in 1776.
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Read or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories
July 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
If you're going to have a short-lived newspaper, at least let it live through interesting times! That's the story behind the American Gazette, which featured the #DeclarationofIndependence #onthisday in 1776.
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Read or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories
Reposted by Declaration Stories
An important new resource from @emilysneff.bsky.social
How did The City That Reads first get to read the Declaration of Independence? Because of John Dunlap's Baltimore newspaper, printed #onthisday in 1776. But, wasn't John Dunlap in Philadelphia?
Get the story at the link, or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories
Get the story at the link, or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories
July 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
An important new resource from @emilysneff.bsky.social
How did The City That Reads first get to read the Declaration of Independence? Because of John Dunlap's Baltimore newspaper, printed #onthisday in 1776. But, wasn't John Dunlap in Philadelphia?
Get the story at the link, or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories
Get the story at the link, or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories
July 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
How did The City That Reads first get to read the Declaration of Independence? Because of John Dunlap's Baltimore newspaper, printed #onthisday in 1776. But, wasn't John Dunlap in Philadelphia?
Get the story at the link, or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories
Get the story at the link, or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories
Last week's story was all about German translation.
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What will this week's story be?
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July 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Last week's story was all about German translation.
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What will this week's story be?
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The weekly Declaration Stories newsletter begins next Wednesday!
Every copy of the Declaration of Independence as a story to tell. Subscribe for a full year of stories to commemorate the semiquincentennial.
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Stories — Declaration Stories
Weekly stories from the history of the Declaration of Independence in 1776
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June 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The weekly Declaration Stories newsletter begins next Wednesday!
Every copy of the Declaration of Independence as a story to tell. Subscribe for a full year of stories to commemorate the semiquincentennial.
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Every copy of the Declaration of Independence as a story to tell. Subscribe for a full year of stories to commemorate the semiquincentennial.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
ONE MONTH until the Declaration Stories weekly newsletter! You won't want to miss the first story. Subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories
There's still time to register for the Virtual Workshops for the 250th! Ideal for anyone planning for 2026
May 5: What Everyone Should Know About the Declaration
May 12: Reading the Declaration
May 19: A History of the Fourth of July
Register: www.declarationstories.org/workshops
May 5: What Everyone Should Know About the Declaration
May 12: Reading the Declaration
May 19: A History of the Fourth of July
Register: www.declarationstories.org/workshops
April 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
There's still time to register for the Virtual Workshops for the 250th! Ideal for anyone planning for 2026
May 5: What Everyone Should Know About the Declaration
May 12: Reading the Declaration
May 19: A History of the Fourth of July
Register: www.declarationstories.org/workshops
May 5: What Everyone Should Know About the Declaration
May 12: Reading the Declaration
May 19: A History of the Fourth of July
Register: www.declarationstories.org/workshops
If you are planning for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year, register for these upcoming workshops!
May 5: What Everyone Should Know About the Declaration
May 12: Reading the Declaration
May 19: A History of the Fourth of July
👉 www.declarationstories.org/workshops
May 5: What Everyone Should Know About the Declaration
May 12: Reading the Declaration
May 19: A History of the Fourth of July
👉 www.declarationstories.org/workshops
Virtual Workshops for the 250th — Declaration Stories
Join Dr. Emily Sneff to learn the history of the Declaration of Independence before the 250th anniversary in 2026
www.declarationstories.org
April 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
If you are planning for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year, register for these upcoming workshops!
May 5: What Everyone Should Know About the Declaration
May 12: Reading the Declaration
May 19: A History of the Fourth of July
👉 www.declarationstories.org/workshops
May 5: What Everyone Should Know About the Declaration
May 12: Reading the Declaration
May 19: A History of the Fourth of July
👉 www.declarationstories.org/workshops
The 250th anniversary of the United States is too important to fool around with the Declaration of Independence. Make sure you know the history behind the document, and how to talk about it in a meaningful way.
Register for the virtual workshops in May: www.declarationstories.org/workshops
Register for the virtual workshops in May: www.declarationstories.org/workshops
April 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The 250th anniversary of the United States is too important to fool around with the Declaration of Independence. Make sure you know the history behind the document, and how to talk about it in a meaningful way.
Register for the virtual workshops in May: www.declarationstories.org/workshops
Register for the virtual workshops in May: www.declarationstories.org/workshops
These Virtual Workshops for the 250th are a small way to provide content fortification, ideas, and positive energy for this anniversary moment. Please share the word widely!
Register: www.declarationstories.org/workshops
Register: www.declarationstories.org/workshops
For those of us who are planning for the 250th, it is important to:
- tell a full history of the founding document of the United States
- be thoughtful and intentional in the language we use to talk about the Declaration
- find support from other folks who are dealing with the same uncertainties
- tell a full history of the founding document of the United States
- be thoughtful and intentional in the language we use to talk about the Declaration
- find support from other folks who are dealing with the same uncertainties
March 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
These Virtual Workshops for the 250th are a small way to provide content fortification, ideas, and positive energy for this anniversary moment. Please share the word widely!
Register: www.declarationstories.org/workshops
Register: www.declarationstories.org/workshops