John Dunlap printed about 200 copies in the first printing of the Declaration of Independence.
Dunlap, a Philadelphia printer, produced the first published versions as broadsides on the night of July 4, 1776, after Congress approved the document. A broadside was a large sheet printed on one side, making it practical to distribute and read aloud rather than bind as a book.
The exact original number is not known, so historians generally describe the total as an estimate of about 200. These copies were sent through the colonies, including to George Washington, who directed that the Declaration be read to Continental Army troops. Only a small number of Dunlap broadsides survive today; the source copy used for printing has been lost.