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Founding documents, printed here

The Declaration, printed the way it was first printed.

Set in Caslon, the type of the broadside John Dunlap ran on the night of July 4, 1776. Every line from the National Archives. Printed on heavy cream stock, on our own press, by a family print shop in Austin, Texas.

In Congress, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,


When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Source
National Archives, engrossed copy
Typeface
Caslon, as in 1776
Paper
100 lb cream cover, 18 × 24
Press
Thomas Graphics, Austin, Texas

The Documents

Five sheets, three prices each. The digital is the doorway; the print is the sale; the numbered edition is the gift.

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,


When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

The Declaration of Independence

1776 · DUNLAP SETTING

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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, 1787

We the People


We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Preamble to the Constitution

1787 · PHILADELPHIA

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CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1789

The Bill of Rights


AMENDMENT I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

AMENDMENT II. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

AMENDMENT III. No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

The Bill of Rights

1791 · AMENDMENTS I TO X

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GEORGE WASHINGTON

Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations.


Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Farewell Address, 1796

Washington's Farewell Address

1796 · EXCERPT

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GETTYSBURG, NOVEMBER 19, 1863

Four score and seven years ago


Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.

The Gettysburg Address

1863 · BLISS COPY

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For the classroom

Six documents. One wall.

The five documents and the timeline of the Revolution, sourced, dated, and sized for the room. A download you print tonight, or six sheets from our press in one tube.

Digital set $24 · Printed set $150

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1776 · DUNLAP SETTING

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

1787 · PHILADELPHIA

We the People

1791 · AMENDMENTS I TO X

The Bill of Rights

1796 · EXCERPT

Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations.

Founders, Maps & Texas

Portraits after Stuart, Duplessis, and Peale. Period maps from the Library of Congress. And the home market's own founding, printed an hour from where it happened.

AFTER GILBERT STUART, 1796

George Washington


Portrait after Gilbert Stuart, 1796. Final art placed from National Gallery of Art open access before the first press run.

George Washington

1732 TO 1799

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AFTER JOSEPH DUPLESSIS, 1778

Benjamin Franklin


Portrait after Joseph Duplessis, 1778. Final art placed from National Gallery of Art open access before the first press run.

Benjamin Franklin

1706 TO 1790

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AFTER REMBRANDT PEALE, 1800

Thomas Jefferson


Portrait after Rembrandt Peale, 1800. Final art placed from open-access imagery before the first press run.

Thomas Jefferson

1743 TO 1826

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AFTER GILBERT STUART, C. 1800

John Adams


Portrait after Gilbert Stuart, c. 1800. Final art placed from National Gallery of Art open access before the first press run.

John Adams

1735 TO 1826

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1776 · AFTER A PERIOD MAP

The Thirteen Colonies, 1776


After a period map of the thirteen colonies, from the Library of Congress geography and map division. Final art placed before the first press run.

The Thirteen Colonies

1776 · AFTER A PERIOD MAP

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1792 · ELLICOTT, AFTER L'ENFANT

Plan of the City of Washington, 1792


Andrew Ellicott's 1792 engraving after Pierre L'Enfant's plan, from the Library of Congress geography and map division. Final art placed before the first press run.

Plan of the City of Washington

1792 · ELLICOTT, AFTER L'ENFANT

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WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS, MARCH 2, 1836

The Texas Declaration of Independence


When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty and property of the people, from whom its legitimate powers are derived, and for the advancement of whose happiness it was instituted, and so far from being a guarantee for the enjoyment of those inestimable and inalienable rights, becomes an instrument in the hands of evil rulers for their oppression.

The Texas Declaration of Independence

1836

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1844 · AFTER EMORY

The Republic of Texas, 1844


After William H. Emory's 1844 map of Texas, from Library of Congress public-domain holdings. Final art placed before the first press run.

The Republic of Texas

1844 · AFTER EMORY

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The Press

We print these ourselves.

Not print on demand. Not a fulfillment warehouse. A family shop in Austin, Texas, where the sheets come off the press in runs of hundreds and go into tubes by hand. Watch a run.

Watch the press

Sheet 212 of 500 · The Declaration · 18 × 24

The unanimous Declaration


Press photography arrives with the first run, October 2026. Until then, the type stands for itself.

Journal

One entry per anniversary. Each is also the sheet we printed for it.

2026-09-17

Constitution Day, and why the Preamble is set in one sentence

The Preamble is fifty-two words and one sentence. We set it that way on purpose.

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