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Declaration of Independence

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD
Declaration of Independence

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Auction Date:2012 Feb 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Very rare broadside of the Declaration of Independence, 18 x 22.75, printed on heavy woven paper, with “Engraved by E. Huntington,” printed at the bottom. The handsome broadside has been professionally restored and backed, including treatment of tears, areas of minor paper loss, and creases, some of which affect the printed signatures at the bottom, and is removably encapsulated in acid free Mylar. In good to very good condition, with aforementioned repairs, scattered creases, and mild soiling.

After the War of 1812 came an increased sense of nationalism, and being at war with the British again brought to mind the fight for independence. Forty years had passed and the vast majority of Americans had no memories of the Revolution, and few knew what the Declaration of Independence actually said. A few early printers picked up on the nation's patriotic fervor; the earliest was a writing master named Benjamin Owen Tyler, who created a decorative version of the Declaration and published it in 1818. Others followed, but they were large, ornate, and too expensive for the average American. In the early 1820s, Hartford engraver and penmanship author Eleazer Huntington followed Tyler’s example by creating a calligraphic facsimile of the document. He removed the ornamentation and illustration others had added, made it truer to the original, and also reduced its size. These changes made his broadside more affordable and therefore more accessible to the general public. This extremely scarce print represents the first time that the words proclaiming the nation's independence were made widely available to all Americans.
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