Numerous forms of communication—newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, and other official documents—would need a stamp to circulate, so the tax imposed a heavy cost on the well-read colonists.

Sotheby's A rare broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence is heading to auction at Sotheby’s, where it’s expected to fetch between $2 and $4 million. Dated to July 1776, this edition ...

There’s no need to pull a Nicolas Cage this time. A rare printing of the Declaration of Independence will hit the auction block on January 24 at Sotheby’s. Known as the Essex Broadside ...

The National Endowment for the Arts also said it had eliminated a grant program for "underserved communities." It attributed ...

The Exeter Broadside is one of the rarest copies of the Declaration of Independence. Discover its recent $2.4 million sale ...

According to Harvard University, about 200 copies of the original Declaration of Independence were produced in 1776. Only ...

A July 1776 broadside of the Declaration of Independence is on offer at Sotheby’s, where it is estimated at $2 to $4 million. It comes to auction less than four years after it sold at Christie ...