Several of the early versions of the Declaration of Independence (DoI), prepared or printed within two weeks of July 4, 1776, are preserved in the Amer. Philosophical Soc. (APS), in Phila. In 1976, the APS offered facsimile reproductions of several of its early versions of the DoI. For this publication, the APS selected: (1) Jefferson's Manuscript Copy: a handwritten copy of the document by Thomas Jefferson, with notations by Richard Henry Lee, (2) The First Official Printing by John Dunlap, (3) The First Newspaper Printing, and (4) A Unique Printing on Parchment by John Dunlap. Includes a Historical Intro. on the events leading to the DoI and Biblio. and Provenance, both by Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. This is a 1986 reprint of the original 1976 edition.