In Congress, July 4, 1776. : A declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in general Congress assembled.

The Hugh Gaine printing of the Declaration of Independence. "Signed by order and in behalf of the Congress- John Hancock- president. Attest. Charles Thomson- secretary." Watermark: Strassburg bend and lily over "GR." New-York Historical copy presented by Lucius Wilmerding. Cf. NYHS Quarterly 32 (1948). References: Bristol B4403; Shipton & Mooney- 43203; Walsh- M.J. "Contemporary Broadside Editions of the Declaration of Independence." Harvard Library Bulletin 3 (1949): 31-43- 4.