1776 Broadside of the Declaration of Independence

$2,000,000
Initial Offering Marketing Cap
$25
Initial Offering Share Price
#1776
Ticker
06/2021
Initial Offering Date

Though today we honor the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th with fireworks and hot dogs, in 1776 it took several weeks for most colonists to hear the news that would form the basis of American democracy. To alert the masses of independence, large single-sheet copies called “broadsides” were sent out from Philadelphia. Rally’s #1776 is a broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence printed in Exeter, NH after word finally reached the town on July 16. Formerly displayed at the National Constitution Center, #1776 is 1 of an estimated 20 privately-owned examples from July 1776.

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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…”
— Thomas Jefferson

#1776 Timeline

Five colonists are killed by British soldiers at the Customs House in Boston, in what became known as the Boston Massacre.

Mar. 1770
The Boston Tea Party serves as the most daring defiance of British authority yet, as colonists dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor at Griffin’s Wharf.

Dec. 1773
The Continental Congress meets for the first time in Philadelphia to discuss a unified response to the “Intolerable Acts” passed by the British Crown.

Sept. 1774
The “shot heard round the world” initiates the first battles of the Revolutionary War in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.

Apr. 1775
The Continental Congress issues “The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms,” proclaiming their preference “to die free men rather than live as slaves.”

Jul. 1775
The Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.

Jul. 1776
Continental Congress official printer John Dunlap prints an estimated 200 broadside copies of the Declaration of Independence in two days. These first official copies of the document are known as the Dunlap broadsides.

Jul. 1776
A Dunlap broadside arrives in Exeter, New Hampshire. Robert Luist Fowle publishes the Declaration in the New Hampshire Gazette as an "Extraordinary" issue. Fowle concurrently prints broadside copies, including #1776.

Jul. 1776
In Portsmouth, a few miles away from Exeter, a parade and reading of the Declaration is held.

Jul. 1776
Charles Toppan is born. The engraver and founder of the American Bank Note company would pass #1776 down through multiple generations of his family.

Jan. 1796
On the anniversary of George Washington’s birthday, President-Elect Abraham Lincoln delivers an impromptu address at Independence Hall in Philadelphia: “I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.”

Feb. 1861
At a flea market in Philadelphia, an unsuspecting man purchases a $4 painting. After discovering a tear in the painting, he finds an original Dunlap broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence.

Jan. 1989
TV writer and producer Norman Lear joins with entrepreneur David Hayden to purchase the Dunlap broadside discovered at the flea market, paying a record-setting $8.1 million at a Sotheby’s auction.

Jun. 2000
“I'm gonna steal the Declaration of Independence,” Nicolas Cage says in the first “National Treasure” film, hoping to uncover hidden secrets leading to a legendary treasure.

Nov. 2004
The National Constitution Center places #1776 on display at their museum in Philadelphia.

Jun. 2009
#1776 leaves the National Constitution Center and enters into a private collection.

Feb. 2012
Rally enters into an agreement to acquire #1776 and offer it on the Rally platform.

Nov. 2020

#1776 Details

Only 80,000 shares @ $25.00 per share will be available to qualified investors on Rally Rd. Once the initial offering (occurring in May of 2021) is fully funded, this 1776 Declaration of Independence (#1776) will be professionally stored, maintained, and insured on behalf of the investors. After a minimum 90-day lock up period, investors in #1776 will be permitted to offer their shares for sale within the app through registered broker-dealers during regular Trading Windows, and new and existing investors can also place bids to acquire shares.

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Financials
Price Per Share	$25.00
Number of Shares	80,000
Market Cap.	$2,000,000
Storage Location	Rally

Asset Specifications
Document	Declaration of Independence Broadside
Dimensions	1 page, laid paper, 15 1/8 x 19 5/8 in.
Markings	Numerical notations on verso
Printer	Robert Luist Fowle (Presumed)
Date	July 16, 1776
Location	Exeter, NH
Reference	Walsh 15
Edition	Second State
Provenance	Family of Charles Toppan
Provenance cont'd	National Constitution Center
Rarity	1 of 9-10 (Fowle Printing)
Authentication	Seth Kaller
Authentication cont'd	Larry Sullivan
Conservation	Tears/breaks mended
Conservator	NEDOC