Which newspaper first published the Declaration of Independence after its 1776 adoption?

The Pennsylvania Evening Post first published the Declaration of Independence after its 1776 adoption.

Congress adopted the Declaration on July 4, 1776, and the Pennsylvania Evening Post published it two days later, on July 6. Newspapers were essential to spreading political news across the colonies and to audiences beyond Philadelphia.

The publication came after John Dunlap printed the first official broadside copies for Congress. The newspaper version helped make the text available to ordinary readers who could not see a congressional broadside or hear it read aloud.

The Pennsylvania Evening Post was a Philadelphia newspaper published by Benjamin Towne. Its early printing of the Declaration is distinct from later famous reproductions of the engrossed parchment copy.