John Dunlap, the Glossary
John Dunlap (1747 – 27 November 1812) was an early American printer who emigrated from Ulster, Ireland and who printed the first copies of the United States Declaration of Independence and was one of the most successful Irish/American printers of his era.[1]
Table of Contents
38 relations: American National Biography, American Philosophical Society, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Trenton, Broadside (printing), Charles Thomson, Constitutional Convention (United States), Continental Army, Continental Congress, County Tyrone, Early American publishers and printers, First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, Foul papers, George Washington, John Hancock, Journals of the Continental Congress, Kentucky, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, Lee Resolution, Library of Congress, List of early American publishers and printers, Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalty oath, Pennsylvania Packet, Philadelphia, Physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence, Printing of the United States Constitution, Robert Aitken (publisher), Secession, Second Continental Congress, Strabane, The Pennsylvania Evening Post, Thomas Paine, Ulster, United States Declaration of Independence, Whiskey Rebellion.
- Artists from County Tyrone
- Military personnel from County Tyrone
American National Biography
The American National Biography (ANB) is a 24-volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entries and 20 million words, first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.
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American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.
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American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
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Battle of Princeton
The Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777, and ending in a small victory for the Colonials.
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Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey.
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Broadside (printing)
A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only.
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Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson (November 29, 1729 – August 16, 1824) was an Irish-born patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress (1774–1789) throughout its existence. John Dunlap and Charles Thomson are Irish emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies and People from colonial Pennsylvania.
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Constitutional Convention (United States)
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
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Continental Army
The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War.
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Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain in North America, and the newly declared United States before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War.
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County Tyrone
County Tyrone is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland.
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Early American publishers and printers
Early American publishers and printers played a central role in the social, religious, political and commercial development of the Thirteen Colonies in British America prior to and during the American Revolution and the ensuing American Revolutionary War that established American independence.
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First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry
The First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, also known as the First City Troop, is a unit of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
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Foul papers
Foul papers are an author's working drafts.
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George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
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John Hancock
John Hancock (– October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution.
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Journals of the Continental Congress
The Journals of the Continental Congress are official records from the first three representative bodies of the original United Colonies and ultimately the United States of America.
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Kentucky
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.
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Kingdom of Ireland
The Kingdom of Ireland (Ríoghacht Éireann; Ríocht na hÉireann) was a dependent territory of England and then of Great Britain from 1542 to the end of 1800.
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Lee Resolution
The Lee Resolution, also known as "The Resolution for Independence", was the formal assertion passed by the Second Continental Congress on July 2, 1776, resolving that the Thirteen Colonies (then referred to as the United Colonies) were "free and independent States" and separate from the British Empire.
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Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.
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List of early American publishers and printers
List of early American publishers and printers is a ''stand alone list'' of Wikipedia articles about publishers and printers in colonial and early America, intended as a quick reference, with basic descriptions taken from the ledes of the respective articles. John Dunlap and list of early American publishers and printers are American printers.
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Loyalist (American Revolution)
Loyalists were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as Tories, Royalists, or King's Men at the time.
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Loyalty oath
A loyalty oath is a pledge of allegiance to an organization, institution, or state of which an individual is a member.
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Pennsylvania Packet
The Pennsylvania Packet and the General Advertiser was an American newspaper that was founded in 1771.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
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Physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence
The physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence spans from its original drafting in 1776 into the discovery of historical documents in modern time.
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Printing of the United States Constitution
The United States Constitution was first printed by Dunlap & Claypoole in 1787, during the Constitutional Convention.
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Robert Aitken (publisher)
Robert Aitken (1734–1802) was an Early American publisher and printer in Philadelphia and the first to publish an English language Bible in the newly formed United States. John Dunlap and Robert Aitken (publisher) are People from colonial Pennsylvania.
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Secession
Secession is the formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity.
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was the late 18th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War, which established American independence from the British Empire.
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Strabane
Strabane is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
The Pennsylvania Evening Post
The Pennsylvania Evening Post was the first daily newspaper published in the United States, and was produced by Benjamin Towne from 1775 to 1783.
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Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; – In the contemporary record as noted by Conway, Paine's birth date is given as January 29, 1736–37. Common practice was to use a dash or a slash to separate the old-style year from the new-style year. In the old calendar, the new year began on March 25, not January 1.
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Ulster
Ulster (Ulaidh or Cúige Uladh; Ulstèr or Ulster) is one of the four traditional or historic Irish provinces.
United States Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen States of America in both the engrossed version and the original printing, is the founding document of the United States.
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Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington.
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See also
Artists from County Tyrone
- Humphrey Lloyd Hime
- John Dunlap
- Oliver Sheppard
- Peter Grant (sculptor)
- Robert Welch (photographer)
- Victor Sloan
Military personnel from County Tyrone
- Alexander George Montgomery Moore
- Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd
- Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn
- Edward Armitage (cricketer)
- Edward W. Bingham
- Forde Leathley
- George Stanhope, 8th Earl of Chesterfield
- Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
- Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
- Havelock Charles
- Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount of Glenawly
- J. G. MacManaway
- James Galbraith (British Army officer)
- James Hagan (Confederate colonel)
- John Askin
- John Caulfield Hannyngton
- John Dunlap
- John Gorman (politician)
- John King (explorer)
- Major Thomas Jones
- Moses Orr
- Peter Rafferty (Medal of Honor)
- Robert Morrow (VC)
- Robert William Lowry (British Army officer)
- Sir John Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Woodbrook
- Thomas Carleton
- Thomas Reid (naval surgeon)
- Wesley Somerville
- William Holmes (British Army medical officer)
- William Maxwell (Continental Army general)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dunlap
Also known as Dunlap & Claypoole, Dunlap and Claypoole, Dunlap, John.