Declaration of Independence collection, 1776-1942

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BOX 1 FOLDER 1	"Ordinances Passed at a General Convention of Delegates and Representatives . . ." Williamsburg, May 6, 1776. Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie, 1776. Photostat.
BOX 1 FOLDER 2	"Instructions Given by the Convention of Virginia to their Delegates, May 15, 1776." Photostat. Signed by John Tazewell and Edmund Pendleton. Original at Library of Congress.
BOX 1 FOLDER 3	Virginia Declaration of Rights
BOX 1 FOLDER 3		Ms draft, copy, George Mason. Photostat. Original at Library of Virginia.
BOX 1 FOLDER 3		Ms draft, copy, George Mason (not in Mason's hand). Photostat. Original in Emmet Collection, New York Public Library.
BOX 1 FOLDER 3		Ms draft, George Mason and Thomas Ludwell Lee. Photostat. Original in George Mason Papers, Library of Congress.
BOX 1 FOLDER 3		"A Declaration of Rights," Virginia Gazette, June 1, 1776. Photostat.
BOX 1 FOLDER 3		“In Convention, June 12, 1776. A Declaration of Rights,” Virginia Gazette, Postscript, June 14, 1776. Photostat.
BOX 1 FOLDER 4	Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Notes
BOX 1 FOLDER 4		"Constitution of Virginia, first ideas of Th. J. Communicated to a member of the Convention." Ms. Photostats. Original in Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress.
BOX 1 FOLDER 4		"A Bill for new modelling the form of government and for establishing the Fundamental principles of our future Constitution." Ms., incomplete. Photostats. Original in Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress. With transcript.
BOX 1 FOLDER 5		Continental Congress, Richard Henry Lee, Resolution for Independence, undated [June 7, 1776]. Ms. Photostat. Original in Continental Congress Papers, Library of Congress.
BOX 1 FOLDER 5		Continental Congress, Committee of the Whole, Resolution for Independence and the Appointment of a Committee to draft a Declaration of Independence, June 10, 1776. Photostat. Original at Library of Congress.
BOX 1 FOLDER 6		William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, Williamsburg, June 15, 1776. Photostat. Original at Library of Congress.
BOX 1 FOLDER 6		William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, Williamsburg, June 22, 1776, with enclosure: "A plan laid before a committee appointed to prepare a form of government," annotated. Photostats. Originals at Library of Congress.
BOX 1 FOLDER 7	Virginia Constitution, 1776
BOX 1 FOLDER 7		James Madison, comparison of the Virginia Constitution as adopted, June 29, 1776, undated Photostat. Original at Library of Congress.
BOX 1 FOLDER 7		Virginia Constitution, adopted June 29, 1776, printed.
BOX 1 FOLDER 8		Thomas Jefferson, record of debates in the Continental Congress, July 1-12, 1776, written in 1825 for his autobiography. Photostats. Originals at Library of Congress.
BOX 1 FOLDER 9	Continental Congress, Resolution for Independence, July 2, 1776
BOX 1 FOLDER 9		Resolution for Independence, Committee of the Whole, July 2, 1776. Photostat.
BOX 1 FOLDER 9		Philadelphia Evening Post, July 2, 1776, first mention. Photostat.
BOX 1 FOLDER 10	Declaration of Independence, 1776. Miscellaneous photostats, facsimiles, printed copies
BOX 1 FOLDER 10		Thomas Jefferson, Rough Draft, [June 29, 1776]. Photostat. Original at Library of Congress.
BOX 1 FOLDER 10		Printed facsimile, undated
BOX 1 FOLDER 10		Ms copy, July 4, 1776, Emmet Collection, New York Public Library.
BOX 1 FOLDER 10		Ms copy, July 4, 1776, Washburn Collection, Massachusetts Historical Society.
BOX 1 FOLDER 10		Dunlap copy, July 4, 1776, wafered into the Journal of the Continental Congress, 4 July 1776.
BOX 1 FOLDER 10		Dunlap copy, July, 1776.
BOX 1 FOLDER 10		Facsimile pages of signatures of signers of the Declaration of Independence.
BOX 1 FOLDER 11	Miscellaneous Documents Relating to the Declaration of Independence, Copies
BOX 1 FOLDER 11		Letter, Committee on Secrecy to John Ross, Sept. 27, 1776.
BOX 1 FOLDER 11		Letter, George Mason to Col. William Cabell, 6 May 1783, Emmet Collection, New York Public Library.
BOX 1 FOLDER 11		Letter, Thomas Jefferson to James Madison on debates, 1 June 1783. Library of Congress.
BOX 1 FOLDER 11		Cabinet card photograph of stenographic copy of the Declaration of Independence, George Hawley, 1882.
BOX 1 FOLDER 11		"How the Declaration was Received in the Old Thirteen," in Harper's Magazine, July, 1892.
BOX 1 FOLDER 11		"Genesis of the Declaration of Independence," typed item list of Library of Congress exhibit, February 12, 1931.
BOX OV 1	John Binns edition
BOX OV 1		4 Nov. 1818, autographed by John Q. Adams, James Porter, printer, 19 Apr. 1819.
BOX OV 1		Reproduced by Henry Sartain, 1876.
BOX OV 1		Reproduced by H. J. Toudy and A. J. Stone, published by H. J. Toudy Co., 1876.
BOX OV 2	Holland Studio edition, autographed by John Hay, 8 Nov. 1902.
BOX OV 3	James McBride issue, autographed by James G. Blaine, 18 Dec. 1891.
BOX OV 4	Department of State issue, undated
BOX OV 4	Department of Interior issue, undated
BOX OV 4	National Archives issue, undated
BOX OV 4	Bureau of Engraving and Printing issue, 1939.
BOX OV 4	Ohman Co. reproductions of William J. Stone edition, 1942 (3 copies).
BOX OV 5	P. F. Collier & Son Co. issue, 1934.
BOX OV 5	C. A. Elliott issue, undated
BOX OV 5	Ohman Co. issue, 1942.
BOX OV 5	A. G. Gilney issue, 1883.
BOX OV 5	Leggo Bros. & Co. issue, 1876.
BOX OV 5	James D. McBride issue, 1874, with local advertisements (2 copies).
BOX OV 5	Thomas Morrison, 1832, with advertisements.
BOX OV 5	H. Phelps, 1834(?), with advertisements.
BOX OV 5	B. D. Rising Paper Co., undated
BOX OV 5	G. R. Russell issue, 1856.
BOX OV 5	Swander & Bishop Co. issue 1865.
BOX OV 5	Tanner, Valance, Kearney & Co., undated
BOX OV 5	West Publishing Co. issue, 1920(?).
BOX OV 5	William Woodruff issue, published by O. Rogers, with photocopy, undated
BOX OV 5	American Bank Note Co. issue, 1876.
BOX OV 6	Unknown (2 items), undated
BOX OV 6	National Liberty Insurance Co. issue, undated
BOX OV 6	New York Times issue, 4 July 1897.
BOX OV 6	Applebaugh-Jones Co. issue, undated
BOX OV 6	John Hancock Insurance Co. issue, undated
BOX OV 6	Norris Peters issue, 1873.
BOX OV 6	Daughters of the American Revolution issue, undated
BOX OV 6	Photograph of the Department of State copy, undated
BOX OV 7	Unidentified issue of Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence, undated
BOX OV 7	Centennial Offering Co. issue, reproduction by Schaefer, Waeschle and Kohner, 1876.
BOX OV 7	Baltimore Sun issue, 4 July 1887.
BOX OV 7	A. F. Jayne issue, 1869.
BOX OV 7	Ensign, Brielman and Fanning issue, 1860.
BOX OV 7	Photographs by L. C. Handy (3), 1903.
BOX OV 7	Photograph by Library of Congress, with 4 photographs of signatures, 1941.
BOX OV 7	Baldwin & Gleason engraved miniature, undated
BOX OV 8	Reproduced by Norman H. Chance, 1923.
BOX OV 8	Benjamin Owen Tyler edition, autographed by Richard Rush, engraved by Peter Maverick, 10 Sept. 1818.
BOX OV 9	William J. Stone facsimiles, engraved for the Department of State by order of J. Q. Adams, secretary of state, July 4, 1823.
BOX OV 9		Copy 1
BOX OV 10		Copy 2
BOX OV 11		Copy 3, from the later edition struck from the same plate with the legend, lower left: "W.J..Stone SC, Washn."