John Dunlap printed about 200 broadsides of the Declaration of Independence, the document central to America250.
Dunlap worked in Philadelphia and printed the first broadside edition soon after Congress approved the Declaration’s final wording on July 4, 1776. These large single sheets were produced for rapid distribution rather than as a bound book. Copies went to colonial governments, military commanders, and other influential readers.
The original source copy used by Dunlap has not survived, and the exact number printed is usually described as about 200. That estimate is therefore different from a precise production total. Only 26 Dunlap broadsides are known to survive today, making them extremely important evidence of how the Declaration first circulated. The best-known signed parchment copy was created later and is not the same object as the Dunlap broadside.