The main objectives of the Declaration of Independence were to announce a cause of action and formally justify the Continental Congress’s July 2, 1776, decision to separate from Great Britain.

Printed in July 1776, the Essex Broadside is attributed ... belonged to two Chicago collectors known for their interest in the Declaration of Independence and its signers.

A rare broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence is heading to auction at Sotheby’s, where it’s expected to fetch between $2 and $4 million. Dated to July 1776, this edition was created to ...

We are proud to offer the Goodspeed's-Sang-Streeter copy of the July 1776 Essex broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence. “An expression of the American mind," according to Thomas ...

My, oh my, how summer flies! It seems like just yesterday we were (at least I was) grumbling about the cold weather that simply wouldn’t abate. In fact, it was one of the coldest winters and ...

A copy of the Declaration of Independence known as the July 1776 Essex Broadside will go on the block later this month. Courtesy of Sotheby's Later this month, Sotheby’s will auction off a rare ...

Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20 ...

The Exeter Broadside is one of the rarest copies of the Declaration of Independence. Discover its recent $2.4 million sale ...

A July 1776 broadside of the Declaration of Independence is on offer at Sotheby’s, where it is estimated at $2 to $4 million. It comes to auction less than four years after it sold at Christie ...

According to Harvard University, about 200 copies of the original Declaration of Independence were produced in 1776. Only ...