U.S. Continental Congress Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings in the Year, 1776. Published

by Order of Congress. Volume Ii by Declaration Of Independence

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First edition

Philadelphia: R. Aitken, 1777. First edition, first issue of Volume II of the Journals of Congress with the rare Aitken imprint and the first Congressional printing of the Declaration of Independence found on pages 241-246 . Aiken took over the printing of the Journals from Bradford before the 1776 Bradford edition had reached the printing of the Declaration of Independence, thus making this the first. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5

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