Twenty-six Dunlap broadsides of the Declaration of Independence are known to survive.
John Dunlap printed the first public broadside editions in Philadelphia on the night of July 4, 1776. Congress distributed these large printed sheets to colonial governments, military leaders, and other recipients so the new declaration could circulate quickly.
Historians estimate that Dunlap printed about 200 copies, but only 26 are currently known to exist. The surviving examples are valuable because they preserve the first widely distributed printed form of the Declaration.
The later engrossed parchment is the version most people recognize from photographs, but the Dunlap broadside came first. A previously unknown copy was discovered in England in 2009, illustrating why the surviving total can attract continuing historical attention.