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English: This is a high-resolution image of the United States Declaration of Independence (article - text). This image is a version of the 1823 William Stone facsimile — Stone may well have used a wet pressing process (that removed ink from the original document onto a contact sheet for the purpose of making the engraving).
Español: Versión manuscrita de la Declaración de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. Reproducción del facsímil de William Stone (1823) en el que posiblemente se utilizó un proceso de prensado en húmedo que eliminó la tinta del documento original en una hoja de contacto con el propósito de hacer el grabado.
Date (ratification); 1776-07-02 (approval and signing)
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Author original: w:Second Continental Congress; reproduction: William Stone
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current01:15, 29 April 2007Thumbnail for version as of 01:15, 29 April 20073,923 × 4,656 (1.88 MB)Parhamr (talk | contribs){{Information |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author= }}
12:50, 9 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 12:50, 9 March 20061,961 × 2,328 (1.09 MB)Pathoschild (talk | contribs)This is a high-resolution enhanced image of the United States Declaration of Independence (article | text). It was originally uploaded by [[w:user:Aiden|Aiden]

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