There are not just 25 copies of the Declaration! However, there are only 25 known copies in existence but many were made. For instance 100 + of the broadsides were made just after the signing of the original Declaration and who knows how many other types of copies were made.
30 of 270 have been found
there was only one copy, but when printers were made they made an uncounted numbers of the Declaration of Independence so they may not lose it or it fade so much that they may not read it. i belive they keep the original at Washington D.C.
The Current Locations of the Twenty-five Dunlap Broadsides National Archives, Washington, DC
Library of Congress, Washington, DC (two copies)
Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Independence National Historic Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia (Broadside printed on Vellum) Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey New York Historical Society New York Public Library
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Chapin Library , Williams College, Williamstown, MA Yale University, New Haven, CT
American Independence Museum, Exeter, NH Maine Historical Society, Portland
Indiana University , Bloomington, IN Chicago ffistorical Society City of Dallas, City Hall
Washington, DC (private collector)
Norman Lear and David Hayden (now on tour throughout the United States)
Public Record Office, United Kingdom (two copies)* *Two copies were forwarded to England with correspondence from Vice Admiral Lord Richard Howe dated July 28 and August 11, 1776 executed abroad the flagship Eagle, off Staten Island. One of the letters was addressed to Lord George Germain. The Dunlap Broadsides were the official notices to England that the American Colonies had absolved all allegiance to the British Crown and the State of Great Britain. This Information was provided by Historical Document Reproduction, Inc.
Since you are asking an opinion I will give you mine. I believe that looking at the constitution as a living document is more valid. When the constitution was written 200 years ago many things we have today didn't exist, so there is a need to be able to address the world as it is not as it was. The one thing that hasn't changed is the question about what makes good government. If we can answer this question we maybe able to create a better government for the common good.
The Declaration of Independence is only one page in length.
This is the complete list of the ratified and unratified amendments to the United States Constitution which received the approval of the United States Congress. Twenty-seven amendments have been ratified since the original signing of the Constitution, the first ten of which are known collectively as the Bill of Rights. The procedure for amending the United States Constitution is governed by Article V of the original text. There have been many other proposals for amendments to the United States Constitution introduced in Congress, but not submitted to the states.
If the Constitution was based on the New Jersey plan, there would be a unicameral (one-house) Congress, not bicameral (two-house) like we have today. We would only have a Senate, and the House of Representatives would not exist.
$30 ($261.45 today)
There are less than 150 copies of the "HE" version of the 1611 KJV Bible, which is the first edition of the 1611 printing. Thus the reason they are so difficult to find, and so very expensive.There are in fact only 50 copies of the first edition 1611 KJV 'HE' Bibles, whilst there are some 150 'SHE' copies in existence today.
One I think. I saw it while in England. What surprised me about it is how small the writing was and how even it was spaced on the paper. It was amazing.Although there was only one original Magna Carta(or Great Charter) lots more where made as copies to reinforce the charter...--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ANSWER:There were many copies of the original Magna Carta made but four original handwritten copies were written in 1213 by Archbishop Langton proposed by the Barons on the Magna Carta but executed on 15 June 1215 at Runneymede .The four original copies exist in:1. In Salisbury Cathedral2.In Lincoln Cathedral3. Two copies exist in The British Library.
No, there are no original autographs of Paul's letters in existence today. The earliest surviving copies that we have are from within a few centuries of when they were written. These copies have been carefully preserved and studied by scholars to reconstruct the original texts as accurately as possible.
Yes the constitution is still around, today 2009 it is in the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
The original constitution was meant for a time where there was slavery, and there were many dangers in domestic life. That constitution allows for guns, and counts some people as one fifth of a person. Today things have changed, and these values are no longer necessary.
The original Declaration is housed at the National Archives in Washington DC.
At The National Archives and Records Administration, on Constitution Ave, in Washington, DC. It is on display in The Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom - home of the Declaration of Independence,
All I know is that the Bible has been a top bestseller for a long time, and is available in 2426 languages according to Wycliffe Bible Translators. Or did you mean how many copies of the ORIGINAL Bible are in existence? No complete copies of the original Bible are in existence, but many thousands of manuscript fragments are in existence, enough to ensure, by comparing them to each other, that the Bible we have today is quite accurate. By contrast, many ancient works that are accepted as being totally accurate today, have only ONE copy left to us now.
It was not being chosen by the commons people.This is why today there is an electoral college.
The original Magna Carta, also known as the "Great Charter," was kept in the royal treasury of King John at the time of its creation in 1215. It is believed to have been stored in various locations over the years, including at Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London. Today, four copies from the original 1215 charter are preserved in the British Library.
Yes. They do exist today (2014).
Yes it does exist today, but it did not exist until the 1920's.