Introduction : the news of independence
Short of independence : the May 15 Resolution
Postponed : the Continental Congress debates independence
Publish and declare : the people learn the news
Melted majesty : statues fall and tensions rise in New York
The reigning subject : inoculation and independence in Massachusetts
Words and wampum : Native Americans acknowledge independence
Embarrassment : clergymen close churches and change prayers
Intercepted : broadsides in British hands
Pretended acts : London changes the Declaration
An old storey : Silas Deane waits for the Declaration
Conclusion : a lasting testimony
Appendix: Transcription of the Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence.
