(DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE) Eleazar Huntington engraver In

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(DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.) Eleazar Huntington, engraver. In Congress July 4th. 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. Engraved broadside, 26 x 20 1/4 inches; toned and worn without loss of text, early tack holes along upper edge, minor dampstaining in margins, laid down on early linen, spot-mounted to modern mat board. [Hartford, CT?]: Eleazer Huntington, circa 1820-24

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Huntington was best known as a penmanship instructor. The text of the document is engraved in his elegant script, while the facsimile signatures are apparently copied from an 1819 engraving by Binns. Bidwell 6.