MHA Conference Session Highlight: "Printing Revolution: Declaration Edition"

[Mass History Alliance]

Revolutions enable revolutions. The "Printing Revolution: Declaration Edition" slide lecture introduces the printing press and related printing technologies, and their impacts on the content of printed materials and the dissemination of information. What was considered “revolutionary”? How was the Declaration of Independence printed and shared? Consider a portfolio of replica prints and ephemera including several examples of the Declaration, copper printing plates and related materials, in a new light. Emphasizing the American colonies, this session considers the legal battles over a Free Press and Freedom of Speech.

Join them at the 2026 MHA conference, "Revolutionizing History: Small but Mighty."

Conference registration is open now. Register today to receive the early bird rate!

https://masshistoryalliance.org/2026-mass-history-alliance-registration/

Image credit: PRINTING PRESS, 1639. The first printing press brought to colonial America in 1639 by the English printer Stephen Daye, who set it up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wood engraving, American, 19th century.