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Matthew Schafer@matthewschafer.bsky.social |
July 4 story: This book is one of 50 snuck out of Philadelphia and hidden in the countryside west of Philadelphia as the British approached. It contains one of the first official printings (1777) of the Declaration of Independence. It looks different than you might expect. 🧵
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PsTeq1993
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All I hear. 🎶In West Philadelphia born and raised . . . 🎶
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Matthew Schafer
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Congress ordered the Journals of Congress, including the Declaration, printed for the public, and Robert Aitken started printing the Journals in 1777 as fast as possible. He got some of them off the press, but knew he was running out of time as the British approached the City:
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