Lot 1002
Dunlap, John (1747-1812), Printer of the Declaration of Independence.
Signature as witness to Hannah Harris' March 15, 1784 power of attorney to John Hunter, presented to the Lincoln County court of Pennsylvania on June 15; some erosion at top of inner leaf, Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
John Dunlap, as a boy, lived with an uncle, William Dunlap who was a printer and publisher in Philadelphia. At the age of eighteen he entered the business, and in November 1771 began the publication of the Pennsylvania "Packet". This paper was changed into a daily in 1784, the first in the United States, and afterward became the "North American and United States Gazette". Mr. Dunlap was appointed printer to congress, with his first major task being the "Declaration of Independence" printing.
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