American History

Declaration Reprint Discovered

of Independence, right, in the American Philosophical Society’s collection is one of only eight extant copies of 201 such printed in 1823, the society says. After removing a heavy, dulling varnish, and the first printing in Europe. We also have the chair that Thomas Jefferson is believed to have sat in to write the Declaration. Discovering that we have a Stone copy completes this story.” []

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