The Printing Office of Edes & Gill

07/10/2026

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We will be at the JFK library this Saturday!

07/07/2026

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06/24/2026

06/18/2026

Hey Everyone! The Printing Office of Edes &Gill will be selling our prints at the Battle of Gloucester this weekend Sat 21st and Sunday 22nd see you there!

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06/13/2026

Honored to have been filmed by NECN Boston while demonstrating the historic printing process behind an extraordinary project.
The Printing Office of Edes & Gill is proud to be printing the "Official" Massachusetts Declaration of Independence for the Massachusetts Rev250 Commission, to be distributed to every city and town in the Commonwealth—just as it was in July 1776.
Originally printed by Ezekiel Russell in Salem around July 17, 1776, at the request of the Provincial Government, this broadside carried the Declaration of Independence throughout Massachusetts and directed that it be publicly read to congregations and permanently recorded in town records as a "perpetual Memorial" of American independence.
This reproduction marks the first time in 250 years that the Russell Declaration has been recreated using hand-set type, printed on a wooden common press, and produced on handmade paper—just as it would have been in 1776.
Special thanks to the American Antiquarian Society and the Peabody Essex Museum, whose collections of original Russell Declarations made this research possible. We are also deeply grateful to the Museum of Printing in Haverhill for hosting our presses and generously supporting this project.
Bringing history to life, one impression at a time.

How the printing press helped the American Revolution

04/16/2026

R.I.P. Benjamin Franklin On this day 1790 the venerable Dr Franklin passed away in Philadelphia. The greatest of the Founding Fathers.

04/08/2026

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Join Fort Ticonderoga this Saturday, April 11th, for a lively one-day living history event! As part of the REAL TIME REVOLUTION® experience, this program captures a pivotal moment in 1776: Benjamin Franklin’s congressional mission to Montreal in a high-stakes attempt to unite Canadians with the American cause. Learn more about their diplomatic work to allay fears among French Canadians and to encourage them to join the United Colonies in their fight for rights. Examine how challenges for the Northern Department undermined Canadians’ faith in American promises.

See the full visitor schedule: https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-emissaries-to-canada/

We look forward to welcoming visitors to our final Winter Quarters living history event before we open for Campaign Season on May 2!

07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July to everyone!

On this day 248 years ago, the handwritten and signed copy of the Declaration of Independence was set into print, 200 copies had been created and were sent out on horseback to all the new states up and down the coast. As the month went on, more newspapers and local/state governments would typeset and publish their own versions, allowing for all new citizens to learn of their independence!

You can find our reproductions of these various versions of the Declaration on our website amongst many other documents that were crucial in winning the fight for independence and securing the creation of our country. Order one for yourself or a loved one to commemorate this important holiday!

As always, be safe and have fun celebrating today!

Authentic 18th Century American Revolutionary documents, crafted by hand using 18th century methods in the Clough House at the Old North Church.