The Printing Office of Edes & Gill

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.

12/16/2023

TEA Destroyed by …..
Printing TODAY !!!!!!
At Edes & Gill at old North Church

07/01/2023

Printed in the 4th of July, 1776 at Philadelphia!
The John Dunlap printing of the Declaration
At Edes&Gill

05/20/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nffJPWy8S7w

This is our first ever unboxing video! Very special item from 1771 printed by Edes & Gill in 1772. Please do feel free to contribute to the link in the vide...

05/19/2023

Check out Edes & Gill at WBUR "Weekend" by Yankee Magazine!

Richard heads to Maine to check out one of the world’s most-photographed lighthouses, while Amy explores history and seafood in Boston’s famed Italian enclav...

03/06/2023

Boston Massacre 250th Anniversary Prints Available!
Recently discovered a small qty of this very popular prints. Avaialbe here or at our website www.edesandgill.org

07/17/2022

Printing the Declaration of Independance, July 17, 1776!
On the afternoon of July 4 John Adam’s was tasked by congress to oversee the printing of the Declaration as edited by Congress on the 3rd and 4th. He carried a fair copy to the print house of John Dunlap and printed about 200 copies. The following day John Hancock began sending copies to the various states mostly by horseback. It took 10 days for the Declaration copy to reach Boston on the 15th, it was set in type on the 16th by John Gill and printed today, July 17, 1776…. It was ready for distribution on the 18th and was read from the balcony of the Old State House on that same day for the first time in Boston!

04/15/2022

Printing Office of Edes & Gill officially OPEN at Old North Church, Clough House.
Come on by this weekend ! 11-5 F, S, Sun

04/01/2022

Edes & Gill has MOVED! Very excited to announce that the Printing Office of Edes & Gill has moved to 21 Unity Street, Boston North End, Clough House at Old North Church. Re-Opening April 15th, 2022

10/22/2021

Edes & Gill will be closed this weekend Oct 22-24 due to a press failure while mounting a new form. We apologize for the inconvenience. Slight possibility we get it fixed and open on Sunday.
It’s a very large form…kinda came apart while I was rearranging a printing problem at bottom of form. Got it under control will just take time to fix.
Oh, it’s a poster sized Declaration, Originally printed by Mary Katherine Goddard 1777!

07/01/2021

The Printing Office of Edes & Gill at Faneuil Hall is officially open from 11am-6pm Thursday - Sunday.

Stop by to see the form setting of the Declaration of Independence - the formative document of our nation - just in time for Independence Day.

12/08/2020

Amazing new Founding Documents from the printers at Edes & Gill, Faneuil Hall Boston

07/01/2020

July 3, 2012, First Printing of John Gill’s Boston Edition of the Declaration of Independance for the first time in 236 years! You can support Edes & Gill with an online purchase of this amazing document from our online store. https://the-printing-office-of-edes-gill.square.site

03/14/2020

We at Lessons on Liberty and The Printing Office of Edes & Gill have been closely following The CovId-19 epidemic. Our historical interpreters work directly and in close contact with the public. All guidance on the virus suggest public gatherings should be radically curtailed and at a minimum social distancing be practiced. The most recent public announcements and actions by state, local, national and international public health officials all suggest that anything that can be done to slow the spread of this virus can and should be done.
As of today at 5 pm we are closing our Faneuil Hall Shop and ending public tours until further notice. We do hope to reopen on April 1st if the situation materially changes.
Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter for further announcements. We thank you for your kind patience during this unfortunate crisis.
As a side note - we will continue to sell prints and documents online so look for the link within the next week!

Thank you,
Gary Gregory
President
Lessons on Liberty Inc.
The Printing Office of Edes & Gill