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[JMI]

Hi hobferret:

The "Original" Declaration of Independence, was affirmatively voted on on July 4, 1776, but the New York delegation was required to abstain, and the Declaration was not signed on that day. Later that same day, Congress ordered the printing of between 200-500 "Broadsides" of the Declaration for distribution among the Colonies. Neither the "original" document or the Broadsides were signed.

The New York Resolution was laid before the Continental Congress on July 15th so then and not before was it proper to entitle the document "The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen States of America." Contrary to popular belief, the printed Broadside with only Hancock and Thomson's names was the actual document delivered to King George III in England later that year. The names of the other delegates who voted for Independence were not published until 1777.

On July 19, 1776 Congress ordered that the Declaration be "fairly engrossed on parchment, with the title and stile [sic] of 'The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America,' and that the same, when engrossed, be signed by every member of Congress." This "handwritten" copy of the "Original" was the one signed by 56 members of the Continental Congress. It is believed that this signed "copy" is the "only" handwritten copy of the "original" document and, therefore, the only "copy" of the "original."

The "original" document was eventually lost and the "signed copy" is the one on display in Washington. That "copy" is severely faded, unlike the one shown in the movie, because of poor early preservation techniques and a "wet ink transfer" process used to attempt to make additional printed "copies" of the "original signed" document in 1820.

The 201 "official" parchment printed copies struck from the William J. Stone plate carry the identification "Engraved by W. J. Stone for the Department of State, by order" in the upper left corner followed by "of J. Q. Adams, Sec. of State July 4th 1824." in the upper right corner. "Unofficial" copies that were struck later do not have the identification at the top of the document or are printed on vellum. Instead the engraver identified his work by engraving "W. J. Stone SC. Washn." near the lower left corner and burnishing out the earlier identification. Today 31 of the 201 Stone facsimiles printed in 1823 are known to exist.

http://www.thedeclarationofindependence.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence

That said, "the original copy," to the extent that usage may be correct, would have to apply only to the handwritten document signed on July 19, 1776. All the other "copies" are "prints" and would not appear to merit the term "copies" because none of them are handwritten, although they are, indeed, ink transfer printed "copies" of the "original."

I did, indeed watch the program showing the unearthing of the "Spitfire that Saved London." Fortunately, Britian's original Kamikaze survived his ramming of the German bomber.

I "assume" JuneMouse is male, because of the use of the word "gonna" in the Post. Based on empirical evidence, most female writers are more careful with their use of grammar and casual slang. But I am open to the possibility it was a "deliberate" effort at gender concealment.

By the way, if you have an "original" Broadside, the last one found sold for slightly over $8 million dollars.

Regards,

[hobferret]

JMI

Interesting stuff "Contrary to popular belief, the printed Broadside with only Hancock and Thomson's names was the actual document delivered to King George III in England later that year."

So the Brits did not steal it then.

$8 million dollars, better get the darn thing insured then.

I hope the Hayward Fault behaves itself for you, does that mean you are down Palo Alto way?

I'm getting homesick talking about this, need to be back in Albuquerque. There is one thing for that; the climate is much better, it's midsummer here and freezing, well almost.

/hobferret

[JMI]

Hi hobferret:

Palo Alto is on the West side of the San Francisco Bay Pensulia. It is most affected by the San Andreas Fault zone, which is the one which caused the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Hayward is on the East side of the Bay and it's fault line runs North through Berkeley and South through San Jose. There are several other fault lines on the East side of the Bay, besides the Hayward fault.

I am located to the East of San Francisco and remember very clearly the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake along the San Andreas Fault which struck on October 17th, during the World Series between San Francisco and Oakland. I happened to be on the phone talking to someone closer to the epicenter who told me they were having an Earthquake. I has several seconds to warn the people in my office we were about to have an Earthquake before the shaking reached us and knocked over some major furniture in our office. I told them for several days that I was just physic and had just "known" it was coming. That was the one which cause part of the S.F. Bay Bridge and a major doubledeck freeway in Oakland to collapse and part of San Francisco's Marina District to burn down.

That was my second major Earthquake experience. I was also fairly close to the epicenter of the 1983 Coalinga California Earthquake, centered south of San Jose, when that one hit. It was "only" about 6.5 on the Richter scale, while the Loma Prieta quake was about 7.1. We have much smaller "jolts" all the time around here, and they are always predicting a "big one" along the Hayward fault, someday, which will do major damage because of the mass of humanity and development along the fault line. Here's a map of "recent" activity along some of the major faultlines, which can be moved about to show major sections of the Bay Area.

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/FaultMaps/121-37.htm

What has been passing for summer here in California has been very strange also. The weather has been unseasonably cool and wet for almost summer. Hope you make it "home" soon.

Regards,

[hobferret]

JMI

Thanx fot the info's, I never got to SF when I was home, LA the closest place to there

Not actually been home since 1969, however, have been to NY, MIA & Anchorage for work

Never remember an earthquake in NM but pop used to say there was one the year I was born, right on Albu. Been in minor ones, Panama (1979) and the constant rumbling of Arequipa (Peru) a few times but no where else

Hope the East Bay area stays stable for you all

Regards

/hobferret