Declaring Independence: Mary Katharine Goddard and the Baltimore Broadside

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While there are many versions of the printed Declaration of Independence, including the Dunlap Broadside on display in the “Nursery of Rebellion” exhibition at Princeton University Library, the first bearing the names of the signers was printed in Baltimore in January 1777 by a woman named Mary Katharine Goddard.

Martha King, historian of early America with a special interest in women’s history and print culture, will kick off our program discussing how and why Goddard’s Unanimous Declaration of Independence came to be.

Artist Mindy Belloff will continue the program with a discussion of her re-creation of the Unanimous Declaration of Independence, as originally designed and printed by Goddard. This meticulous year-long project involved research and commissioning of the typeface and paper, hand setting each individual letter in metal type, and letterpress printing an edition of 100 copies, as a tribute to Goddard, a remarkable Colonial American woman.

This special event in PUL’s Special Collections department will include a showcase of related items. Refreshments will be served after the talk and showcase, providing an opportunity for questions.

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