Which newspaper first published the Declaration of Independence on July 6, 1776?

The Pennsylvania Evening Post first published the Declaration of Independence in a newspaper on July 6, 1776.

Benjamin Towne’s Philadelphia paper printed the newly approved text on the front page of its July 6 issue, just two days after Congress adopted the Declaration. The printing followed John Dunlap’s initial production of broadsides in Philadelphia, which were separate from a newspaper edition and circulated the announcement to officials and communities.

The Pennsylvania Evening Post was an important Revolutionary-era publication and is often described as the first daily newspaper in the United States. Its decision to print the Declaration helped spread the news beyond the Continental Congress and made the document available to readers throughout the colonies.

The Pennsylvania Gazette is a tempting wrong answer because it was another famous Philadelphia newspaper, but it was not the first newspaper to print the Declaration. John Dunlap’s Pennsylvania Packet published it later, on July 8. Newspaper publication and public reading were parallel ways the Declaration reached the public in July 1776.