Nation & World
Hot off the presses: The Declaration of Independence
A flawed first copy — dashed off in all-nighter — endures as template for democracy in action
Max Larkin
Harvard Staff Writer
July 1, 2026
9 min read
Part of a series of occasional features marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It has been almost 250 years since John Dunlap’s Philadelphia print shop pull…