Publishing and Publicizing the Declaration of Independence Mary Katherine Goddard's Printing

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January 18 1777
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Mary Katherine Goddard's Printing

It was in Baltimore, after the victories at Princeton and Trenton, that the second printing of the Declaration was undertaken, this time with the names of the signers.

Mary Katherine Goddard, printer of this version, was editor of the Maryland Journal during the Revolution and postmaster of Baltimore.

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