It's declaration*.
Thomas Jefferson
The printed version is called the hard copy.
A printed copy of computer output is called a hard copy.
Hard Copy
A printed hard copy is a printed copy of information from a computer. It is called a hard copy due to it existing as a physical object. A soft copy would be something only available on the computer.
In Washington D.C. in the National Archives building. http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/
== == The original was not sent to the king. It sits today on display in the National Archives in Washington D.C. No official notice was given by the Congress to the British government that independence had been declared. Mail packets carried printed copies to England where they were given to government officials and printed in newspapers. British officials, such as General Howe, also included copies in their official reports to London. One copy had been sent to him directly on a British ship, but the ship was blown off course and landed in Ireland. The contents of the Declaration O Independence were published in a Belfast newspaper. That copy apparently never got to King George, but others that were forwarded to King George by other people did reach him.
The Declaration of Independence was written on July 4, 1776, and the first printed copy was completed by the next day.
the first copy was printed in 1898
Copernicus received a printed copy of his treatise on his deathbed. He died on May 24, 1543.
Hard Copy
A printed file is commonly called a hard copy.