1823 Declaration of Independence Stone Printing Broadside - W.I. Stone - Untested, As-Is

Rare 1823 W.I. Stone printing of The Declaration of Independence. Found at estate sale. Broadside, folio (818 x 676mm), PRINTED ON FINE PARCHMENT. "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness".<br><br>A previously unrecorded edition of the Official 1823 Stone Printing of the Declaration of Independence with French provenance and in remarkable condition. Stone's meticulously prepared, actual-size, engraved facsimile of America's founding document remains the most accurate of all existing facsimiles and the only one officially authorized by Congress. In 1820, forty-four years after the Declaration of Independence was adopted by Congress and signed in Philadelphia by 56 delegates to the Continental Congress, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams (himself the son o. Sold as-is, untested due to age. A true piece of American history!