rare 1776 broadsheet

Mayor Robert Stubbs is shown holding Hallowell’s rare, original broadsheet from 1776 of the Declaration of Independence.

At the time of the writing of the Declaration of Independence a printer in Salem Massachusetts was ordered to print 250 of these copies for distribution around the colonies. Only 11 of these broadsheets are known to exist today.

This rare document was found framed in storage in the Hubbard Free Library in Hallowell. Hallowell’s copy of the Declaration of Independence is now housed at the Maine State Museum. It is shown in Hallowell occasionally on July 4th during a ceremonial reading of the Declaration.

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artist, Chris Cart

Nora Winslow Keene

I’m Nora, a dedicated public interest attorney based in Denver. I’m a graduate of Stanford University.