Pennsylvania Evening Post, July 6, 1776

On the Sixth Day of July, 1776, the words lately agreed upon by Congress were no longer confined to parchment, chamber, or committee. In the Pennsylvania Evening Post, printed at Philadelphia, the Declaration of Independence appeared before the public as newspaper intelligence — carrying the cause from Congress into the hands and hearing of the people.

Thus did Independence become news.

The Declaration had been adopted.
The press had spoken.
And America’s appeal to mankind began to travel by paper, post, and proclamation.

The July 6 issue of the Pennsylvania Evening Post is recognized as the first newspaper printing of the newly adopted Declaration.